Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Money matters as Republicans Scalise, Jordan vie for US House speaker
By Jason Lange and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two declared candidates for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, stand out as top campaig...
Oct 06, 2023
Theaters look to Taylor Swift to shake off box office strike pain
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cultural juggernaut Taylor Swift packed stadiums on her concert tour, made voting cool again by urging her fans to do their civic duty and...
Oct 06, 2023
IAEA panel will visit Fukushima nuclear plant later this month, Japan says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday said a task force from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant later this month for the first time since it started...
Oct 06, 2023
China expands climate change surveillance on Himalayan peak
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has set up weather stations on Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world on Tibet's border with Nepal, expanding a series of high-altitude meteorological gauges in the...
Oct 06, 2023
UAE opens 104 MW wind project ahead of U.N. climate summit
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has launched its first wind project of commercial size, making use of technology to exploit low wind speeds, as it pushes to boost renewables before hosting ...
Oct 06, 2023
Highly endangered Javan rhinos welcome a new family member
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Javan rhinos, one of the world's most endangered species, have a new family member - a female calf believed to have been born in February, Indonesia's environment ministry said. Th...
Oct 06, 2023
US gasoline prices could fall to $3 a gallon on oil selloff, rising stocks
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline prices are heading south and may hit $3 a gallon in many places in coming weeks with crude oil futures down $10 a barrel over economic fears and eroding dem...
Oct 06, 2023
Driest September on record worsens Australia’s rain shortfall
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau said on Friday that areas of severe rainfall deficiency had expanded after the driest September on record, putting farm production in one of the world's...
Oct 06, 2023
At least 40 killed after glacial lake flooding in Indian Himalayas – officials
KOLKATA (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials told Reuters on Friday. (Repo...
Oct 06, 2023
Trump says he is endorsing Jim Jordan to be House speaker
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is endorsing Jim Jordan to replace ousted U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. "He (Jordan) is STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vet...
Oct 06, 2023
