Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Analysis-US military mission in Niger in focus after coup
By Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country...
Aug 10, 2023
Explainer-What are China’s ‘sponge cities’ and why aren’t they stopping the floods?
By David Stanway (Reuters) - China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effective...
Aug 09, 2023
Drug user cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a m...
Aug 09, 2023
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan board defeat shareholders’ Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and his board of directors of ignoring red flags surrou...
Aug 09, 2023
Rains lash southern Japan as Khanun takes aim at South Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Rains pounded southern Japan on Thursday as Typhoon Khanun brushed by and took aim at South Korea, with the slow-moving storm on course to make landfall on South Korea's southern coa...
Aug 09, 2023
Disney CEO reaches out to striking Hollywood creatives with ‘deep respect’
By Danielle Broadway and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger on Wednesday said he was committed to finding a solution to the Hollywood writer and actor strike...
Aug 09, 2023
Texas power use hits record again amid heat wave
(Reuters) - Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Wednesday for the second time this week and ninth time this summer as homes and businesses powered their air conditioners to escape a lingeri...
Aug 09, 2023
Harvard cannot recoup $15 million from insurer for race case costs, court rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University on Wednesday lost a bid for an insurer to cover up to $15 million of the costs of defending itself in a lawsuit that led to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Aug 09, 2023
Malaysia blocks live cattle imports from Australia after skin disease scare
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Malaysia has temporarily suspended live cattle and buffalo imports from Australia, the Australian government said, days after Indonesia paused some imports after lumpy skin disease ...
Aug 09, 2023
Bulk of UK corporate carbon emissions not covered by reduction target – report
LONDON (Reuters) - Two-thirds of UK corporate emissions are not covered by decarbonisation targets while a fifth or more of companies with 2030 targets are not on course to meet them, a report from di...
Aug 09, 2023
