Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US appeals judge, 96, suspended in rare clash over fitness
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday suspended Judge Pauline Newman from hearing new cases amid a deepening clash over the 96-year-ol...
Sep 20, 2023
Lloyd’s and the UN team up to get insurance to climate vulnerable countries
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London is teaming up with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to try and improve access to insurance for climate vulnerable countries, with an initial foc...
Sep 20, 2023
U.S. government awards $45 million for long COVID clinics
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is awarding $45 million in grants to help clinics treating long COVID develop new models of care and expand access, the Department of Hea...
Sep 20, 2023
U.N. climate summit asks some countries to detail progress, as others face pressure
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - Countries seen as taking strong action against climate change will speak Wednesday at a special climate summit, with the oil-exporting United Arab Emirates set to take...
Sep 20, 2023
Somalia’s first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-female newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet t...
Sep 20, 2023
Factbox-What are Britain’s energy targets and how could they change?
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday set out what he calls a more "proportionate" approach to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 after the government indicated it w...
Sep 20, 2023
Norway’s Aker BP may explore for seabed minerals, CEO says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's second-largest listed oil and gas company, Aker BP, said it would consider applying for licenses to mine minerals from the seabed if parliament approves a plan for such explo...
Sep 20, 2023
Analysis-Novel Lahaina wildfire lawsuit asks ‘when is wild grass inherently dangerous?’
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The father of a woman who died in the Hawaii wildfires last month has launched a novel lawsuit against three major landowners, seeking to hold them respons...
Sep 20, 2023
US attorney general to tell House Republicans: ‘I am not Congress’s prosecutor’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to tell a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that he runs a nonpolitical de...
Sep 20, 2023
UAW strikes at automakers highlight skyrocketing US CEO pay
By Heather Timmons and David Gaffen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the CEO gets a 40% raise, what do the workers deserve? That question is at the heart of the United Auto Workers union's strikes at assem...
Sep 20, 2023
