Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
City hall in Brazil’s Maceio requests new damages deal with Braskem
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The city hall of Brazil's northeastern city of Maceio has asked to negotiate a new compensation agreement with petrochemical firm Braskem over the expansion of a risk area linked...
Dec 06, 2023
Texas authorities seek motive after six killed in daylong shooting spree
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Texas investigators on Wednesday were looking to find out why a man went on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and three others wounded a day earlier, and ended whe...
Dec 06, 2023
Paris to plant first ‘urban forest’ on busy roundabout in drive to build a garden city
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris will plant its first "urban forest" on a busy roundabout as part of a plan to turn the French capital into a garden city. This winter, the city will plant 478 trees on the Plac...
Dec 06, 2023
Canada to unveil cap and trade system for oil and gas emissions -gov’t source
By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada plans to unveil a cap and trade system starting in 2026 for limiting emissions from the oil and gas sector, a government source said on Wednesday, a step toward fulfi...
Dec 06, 2023
Fixing Bologna’s leaning tower to take at least 10 years – mayor
(Refiles to restore dropped word "are" in final paragraph) ROME (Reuters) -Work to prevent the collapse of a medieval leaning tower in the heart of the northern Italian city of Bologna will cost 20 mi...
Dec 06, 2023
US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans moved to block a ban on assault-style weapons put forward by Democrats on Wednesday, as the United States recorded the highest number ...
Dec 06, 2023
US attorney general defends prosecutions of Jan. 6 rioters
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday vowed to continue prosecuting people accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a day after Repu...
Dec 06, 2023
Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he will leave Congress
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy, who won and lost the role of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a tumultuous nine months this year, said in a Wall Street...
Dec 06, 2023
Development bank head at COP28 urges African exemption from EU carbon tax
By Simon Jessop, AbdelHadi Ramahi and Rachel Savage DUBAI (Reuters) - African countries should be exempt from a plan by the European Union to impose a carbon tax on some imports, the head of the Afric...
Dec 06, 2023
Exclusive-JFK Airport’s New Terminal One issues $2 billion in muni bonds as part of massive financing for overhaul
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Terminal One at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport said on Wednesday that it has issued $2 billion in bonds to begin refinancing $6.5 bi...
Dec 06, 2023
