Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
UK’s Gove warns against treating tackling climate change as ‘religious crusade’
LONDON (Reuters) - British housing minister Michael Gove warned on Sunday against the danger of treating tackling climate change as "a religious crusade", days after the governing Conservatives narrow...
Jul 23, 2023
Tourists flee Greek island Rhodes wildfire, thousands evacuated
ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire which has raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for six days forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after the...
Jul 23, 2023
Five dead after heavy rains in eastern China, crops damaged in northeast
BEIJING (Reuters) - Five people died and two were missing, after heavy rain burst a river bank in a village near eastern China's Hangzhou city on Saturday, flooding houses and carrying away people and...
Jul 23, 2023
UK band The 1975 cancels Indonesia, Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT controversy
(Reuters) -British band The 1975 said on Sunday they has cancelled shows in Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, a day after Malaysia banned them from performing there after their frontman kissed a b...
Jul 23, 2023
Tropical storm Don becomes hurricane, NHC says
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Don became a hurricane on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. Hurricane Don, which is moving in a northwest direction over the ce...
Jul 22, 2023
Washington state wildfire threatens homes, farms, gas pipeline
By Matt McKnight SATUS, Washington (Reuters) - A fast-growing wildfire forced residents to evacuate a rural stretch of southern Washington state's Klickitat County on Saturday after it burned more tha...
Jul 22, 2023
Wildfire on Greek island of Rhodes forces hundreds to evacuate
ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire raged uncontrolled on the Greek island of Rhodes on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to flee affected villages and beaches, authorities said. Coastguard vessels and m...
Jul 22, 2023
Atlantic Canada province says dam could breach, tell residents to get out
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Torrential rains lashing the Canadian Atlantic province of Nova Scotia threatened to overwhelm a dam on Saturday and caused major damage in parts of Halifax, the largest city, offic...
Jul 22, 2023
Taylor Swift fans swarm Seattle as city hopes for economic boost
By Matt McKnight (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift fans descended on Seattle on Saturday ahead of the pop star's "The Eras Tour", her latest stop in tourism-boosting concerts across th...
Jul 22, 2023
‘Barbie’ movie revives interest in doll collectors’ market
By Rachel Nostrant and Julia Harte (Reuters) - Matthew Keith bought his first Barbie dolls in the 1970s using his allowance money, hiding them from his parents for fear they would say the toys were no...
Jul 22, 2023
