Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Spain activates all its gas plants to cope with heatwave
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain had to resort to all available gas plants to cope with growing electricity demand triggered by the scorching temperatures in recent days, industry association Sedigas said on ...
Jul 20, 2023
Petroecuador confirms spill of some 1,200 barrels of crude on country’s northern coast
QUITO (Reuters) - Some 1,200 barrels of crude oil spilled on Ecuador's northern coast, after a tank of state-owned Petroecuador surpassed its maximum capacity, contaminating a four-kilometer-long stre...
Jul 20, 2023
China ramps up efforts to prevent flooding from heavy rains – Xinhua
(Reuters) - China has activated emergency response to prevent flooding in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and ramped up flood control efforts in the Hai river basin, state-run Xinhua reported on Thur...
Jul 20, 2023
Arab art celebrated with largest London exhibition
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - More than 150 works of art have been brought together for what auction house Christie's says is the largest exhibition of Arab art to take place in London. Titled "...
Jul 20, 2023
Johnny Depp self-portrait painted during ‘dark time’ goes on sale
LONDON (Reuters) - A self-portrait by Johnny Depp went on sale on Thursday, depicting the Hollywood star when he was in between court cases relating to his marriage to ex-wife Amber Heard. Conceived i...
Jul 20, 2023
Billion-dollar US Powerball ticket sold in California
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) - A very lucky Powerball player in Southern California has won the multistate lottery's $1 billion jackpot prize, ending a streak of 38 consecutive drawings without a gran...
Jul 20, 2023
Factbox-From heat wave to thunderstorms, third of U.S. to see extreme weather
(Reuters) - One out of every three Americans faced severe weather on Thursday as a prolonged heat wave persisted in the South and Southwest, damaging thunderstorms hit the Central United States and an...
Jul 20, 2023
COP28 summit host UAE’s climate plans ranked ‘insufficient’
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, host of this year's COP28 UN climate summit, has set out "insufficient" plans to tackle its own contribution to climate change, an indepen...
Jul 20, 2023
U.S. House passes bill allowing older pilots, other aviation reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and make other aviation reforms, Republic...
Jul 20, 2023
US House Speaker McCarthy denies deal with Trump to expunge impeachments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday said he did not make any promises to former President Donald Trump that he would get legislation passed that wou...
Jul 20, 2023
