Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Amazon rainforest gold mining is poisoning scores of threatened species
By Gloria Dickie and Jake Spring LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru (Reuters) - In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could...
Aug 05, 2023
Heavy rains wreak havoc in central Taiwan in wake of typhoon
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intense rains in the wake of Typhoon Khanun lashed the mountainous parts of Taiwan on Saturday, unleashing flood and landslides that blocked roads and stranded hundreds of people as...
Aug 05, 2023
China’s northeast inundated in Doksuri’s wake
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the country's disaster relief systems struggling to contain ...
Aug 05, 2023
China’s July economic losses from disasters exceed January-June
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's direct economic losses from natural disasters surged to 41.18 billion yuan ($5.74 billion) in July, more than in January to June combined, driven by severe weather as two p...
Aug 05, 2023
Trump’s threatening post flagged by U.S. prosecutors to judge
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by im...
Aug 04, 2023
Judge temporarily exempts women with complicated pregnancies from Texas abortion ban
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Women in Texas with complicated pregnancies will be exempted from a state abortion ban under a temporary injunction issued by on Friday, with the judge citing a lack of c...
Aug 04, 2023
US Scouts to pull out of heatwave-hit jamboree in South Korea
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Scouts in South Korea for the World Scout Jamboree will pull out of the campsite on Sunday due to extreme heat and weather conditions, becoming the second country ...
Aug 04, 2023
Lisbon on ‘red’ alert as temperatures soar on last days of pope’s visit
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese state weather agency on Friday put the capital Lisbon on high weather alert for the weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius...
Aug 04, 2023
State court tells New York City to spell out needs in migrant crisis
By Rachel Nostrant NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York State Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the city of New York to spell out what it needs from the state to solve its migrant housing crisis, ratch...
Aug 04, 2023
US FAA proposes improvements to Hawaii air tourism safety
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed new procedures to improve the safety of Hawaii tourist sightseeing flights by plane and helicopter...
Aug 04, 2023
