Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US House Republicans bring culture wars into spending showdown with Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is due to begin voting this week on a series of spending bills that take aim at culture-war targets, putt...
Jul 25, 2023
Pertamina signs deals to explore CCS, CCUS partnerships
TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's state energy company PT Pertamina signed four agreements on Tuesday to study and explore potential developments of carbon capture storage facilities in the...
Jul 25, 2023
Japan’s Sumitomo to study carbon capture project at mature gas field in UAE
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo on Tuesday said it and Sharjah National Oil Corp (SNOC) will study a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at a mature gas field in the United Arab Emirates. Ener...
Jul 25, 2023
Biden administration pushing insurers to improve access to mental health treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is making a fresh push to force health insurance companies to improve access to mental health treatment for Americans who too often struggle to find and affo...
Jul 25, 2023
Biden names new Emmett Till monument as US grapples with racist history
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights moveme...
Jul 25, 2023
Palermo airport closed, two killed in north as fires and storms batter Italy
By Federico Maccioni MILAN (Reuters) - Wildfires forced the closure of Palermo airport in Sicily on Tuesday as extreme weather continued to batter Italy, with severe storms causing damage and at least...
Jul 25, 2023
UK minister: petrol car ban immovable but some green policies need reviewing
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is sticking to its plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 but measures to reduce the carbon footprint of residential homes should be reviewed, senior g...
Jul 25, 2023
Wildfires in Greece burn for days, more tourists expected to fly out
RHODES, Greece (Reuters) - Greece battled to contain wildfires on the island of Rhodes for a seventh day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists who had been forced to evacuate in previous days were expec...
Jul 25, 2023
Climate change role in July heatwaves ‘overwhelming’, scientists say
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Human-induced climate change has played an "absolutely overwhelming" role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this mo...
Jul 25, 2023
JPMorgan ignored Epstein’s ‘nymphettes,’ US Virgin Islands says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands unveiled new accusations against JPMorgan Chase over the bank's ties to former client Jeffrey Epstein, including executives discussing how the disgraced la...
Jul 25, 2023
