Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
EU infrastructure fund eyes African clean jet fuel projects
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The European Union is scouting Africa to back clean jet fuel projects under its Global Gateway infrastructure fund, an EU official said, ahead of an anticipated ...
Aug 28, 2023
Philippine typhoon Saola weakens as it nears Taiwan
MANILA (Reuters) -Tropical storm Saola headed towards Taiwan on Monday while bringing heavy rain to the northern Philippines, cutting power to some towns and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 peo...
Aug 28, 2023
Hawaiian Electric calls Maui county’s wildfire lawsuit ‘irresponsible’
(Reuters) -Hawaiian Electric said on Monday the lawsuit filed against it by the County of Maui was "factually and legally irresponsible," pointing to the county's responsibility in the Hawaii wildfire...
Aug 28, 2023
Mudslides kill 13 in Tajikistan after heavy rains
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Mudslides triggered by heavy rains killed 13 people in Tajikistan on Sunday, the Central Asian nation's government said on Monday, warning that many of its mountainous areas remai...
Aug 28, 2023
Germany’s August Global Investment plans to build hydrogen plant in Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Germany's Augustus Global Investment plans to invest $500 million in Indonesia's Aceh province to build a green hydrogen plant next year, its CEO Fadi Krikor said on Monday. The pl...
Aug 28, 2023
London chewing gum artist paints ‘hidden world’ beneath people’s feet
By Lucy Marks LONDON (Reuters) - Lying on his side on the surface of London's iconic Millennium Bridge, artist Ben Wilson paints a piece of dried chewing gum trodden into the ground. "The important th...
Aug 28, 2023
Indonesia launches sky train in capital, hopes to ease traffic and pollution
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday launched the first elevated rail line for Greater Jakarta, hailing the $2.13 billion project as a step towards easing the capital's chron...
Aug 28, 2023
Heavy rains, floods inundate China; Hunan province sees record rain, thousands evacuated
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese weather forecasters on Monday warned several provinces to expect torrential rain and flash floods over the next two days as unrelenting downpours wreak havoc on the country...
Aug 27, 2023
Hurricane Franklin gains strength, takes aim at Bermuda -US NHC
(Reuters) - Hurricane Franklin is forecast to become the Atlantic's first major hurricane of the season on Monday and is on track to pass close to Bermuda on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Cen...
Aug 27, 2023
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Colombia -GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Colombia on Sunday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Gur...
Aug 27, 2023
