Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Panama’s northern coast – USGS
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Panama some 37 miles (59 km) from the Caribbean island of Nargana, the United States Geological Survey said on Monday. Shaking was briefly felt in...
Aug 29, 2023
China’s Guangdong, Fujian provinces take early action as Typhoon Saola looms
BEIJING (Reuters) - Typhoon Saola, hundreds of miles from China's coastline, forced provinces to enact emergency response measures on Tuesday and call fishing boats back to ports along the southeaster...
Aug 29, 2023
Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia – study
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world's most polluted regions, according to a report published on Tuesda...
Aug 29, 2023
Asia, Africa bear brunt of pollution health burden – research
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Despite improvements in China, air pollution across the globe continues to pose the greatest external risk to human health, with countries in Asia and Africa suffering most of th...
Aug 29, 2023
Railroad operator Norfolk Southern says outage impact to last for weeks
(Reuters) - Norfolk Southern said it has restored all rail systems after the U.S. railroad operator experienced a hardware-related outage that affected its operations earlier on Monday. All systems we...
Aug 28, 2023
Exclusive-State Dept picks veteran diplomat Lambert as top China policy official – sources
By Humeyra Pamuk and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has picked veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official, five sources familiar with the matter sa...
Aug 28, 2023
Eminem asks Republican Ramaswamy to not use his music in presidential campaign
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his pr...
Aug 28, 2023
University of North Carolina faculty member killed in campus shooting
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A faculty member at the University of North Carolina was shot dead in a shooting on campus on Monday, officials said, adding a suspect was arrested and the threat was cle...
Aug 28, 2023
Jailed US citizen Paul Whelan seen in rare video at Russian penal colony
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a former marine jailed in Russia over espionage charges that the United States says are bogus, was seen in a rare video broadcast on M...
Aug 28, 2023
London’s contentious clean air zone extends to entire city
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) - A London scheme to cut traffic emissions by imposing a daily charge on the most polluting vehicles expanded to the whole of the British capital on Tuesday, despi...
Aug 28, 2023
