Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Singapore opens research centre to fight rising sea levels
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore launched a research facility on Thursday to find long-term solutions to protect it from the rise in sea levels from climate change that could put the country's low-lyin...
Sep 07, 2023
Germany’s wind power expansion stalls on the roads
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's wind power expansion is facing an unexpected roadblock: builders need permits to transport the heavy turbines down the country's roads, and they are wait...
Sep 07, 2023
Analysis-Climate change adds workplace costs and hazards
By Mark John (Reuters) - As Texas baked in this summer's record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a customer's premises. The 57-year-old's death i...
Sep 07, 2023
US grid operator PJM extends hot weather alert for some regions
(Reuters) - PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. power grid operator, extended its hot weather alert on Wednesday for the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions to Sept. 7 as temperatures are expected to ...
Sep 06, 2023
Texas power grid to resume normal operations, cancels emergency alerts
(Reuters) - The Texas power grid operator said late on Wednesday it was resuming normal operations after lifting emergency measures, but still encouraged users to reduce power electric use. The Electr...
Sep 06, 2023
South China soaks as rains from Haikui continue to pound region
BEIJING (Reuters) - The remnants of Typhoon Haikui drenched China for a third day since making landfall, as moisture-laden clouds dumped rain onto the country's south despite weakening cyclonic winds....
Sep 06, 2023
Bruce Springsteen scrubs eight September tour dates, citing peptic ulcers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen said on Wednesday he was indefinitely postponing eight tour dates this month with his E Street Band, citing medical treatment he is undergoing ...
Sep 06, 2023
Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected several conditions sought by five Guantanamo Bay prisoners as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that would see them plead guilty to conspiring i...
Sep 06, 2023
Four former US Navy officers cleared in Fat Leonard case due to prosecutor misconduct
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Four former U.S. Navy officers charged in a massive bribery scandal linked to the man known as Fat Leonard were cleared of felony charges on Wednesday by a judge citing pr...
Sep 06, 2023
US NHC says 40% chance of cyclone over eastern Atlantic
(Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, over the far eastern Atlantic, which is beginning to spread over the Cape Verde Islands has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclon...
Sep 06, 2023
