Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
In Trump’s absence, DeSantis seen as ‘punching bag’ in first Republican debate
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Eight Republican presidential contenders will duel in the party's first debate of the 2024 race in the hopes of emerging as a viable alternative to front-runner Donald Trum...
Aug 23, 2023
Thousands of evacuees return home as Tenerife wildfire eases
By Nacho Doce TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) - More than 8,000 evacuees from a wildfire that has devastated forests on the Spanish island of Tenerife for more than a week were able to retur...
Aug 23, 2023
Hong Kong details import ban on some Japanese seafood due to Fukushima release
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has set up a special government team to monitor and review an import ban on some Japanese seafood due to the country's imminent release of treated radioactive water fro...
Aug 23, 2023
Tenerife man arrested for throwing stones at fire-fighting helicopter
TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) - An 80-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly throwing stones at a helicopter being used to extinguish a wildfire that has been raging on the Spanish i...
Aug 23, 2023
El Nino could doom Indonesia’s rare tropical glaciers by 2026
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two of the world's few tropical glaciers in Indonesia are melting, their ice under threat to vanish by 2026 or sooner, as an El Nino weather pattern lengthens the dry season in the...
Aug 23, 2023
Rolling Stones fans see signs of new album in local newspaper ad
LONDON (Reuters) - Have the Rolling Stones just announced the release of a new album? The band's representatives say "no comment" but the fans, who have been waiting for a new LP for almost two decade...
Aug 23, 2023
France heatwave curbs cooling water supply to St Alban nuclear plant
PARIS (Reuters) - A heatwave curbing the availability of cooling water has prompted a production warning from operator EDF for the Saint Alban nuclear power plant on the Rhone river in eastern France ...
Aug 23, 2023
Japan expects big hit from Hong Kong ban on most of its seafood
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan expects a "significant" impact from seafood import ban by Hong Kong and Macau due to the upcoming release of treated water from the Fu...
Aug 23, 2023
Gaza grape harvest hit by too much sun, not enough rain
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Grape harvests in Gaza have been hit hard by relentless heat waves and a lack of rain, leaving farmers in the Palestinian enclave worried for their livelihood. Gr...
Aug 23, 2023
Wildfire rages near Athens for second day, forcing more evacuations
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters struggled overnight to contain a wildfire on the outskirts of Athens, forcing more evacuations as authorities warned the risk of new blazes was high across ...
Aug 23, 2023
