Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Several hurt in ADM central Illinois plant blast; corn, soy processing down
UPDATED 2:23 P.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -Several employees were hospitalized after an explosion and fire late on Sunday at a massive Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) facility in Decatur, Illinois, that severe...
Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The world's largest corn mill of global grain company Archer Daniels Midland is pictured in Decatur, Illinois, U.S., March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo
J.M. Smucker to buy Twinkies maker Hostess Brands in $5.6 billion deal
(Reuters) -J.M. Smucker on Monday agreed to buy Twinkies maker Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion including debt in a deal that unites two major American snack makers. The deal was worth about $4.6 billi...
Sep 11, 2023 Hostess Brands "Twinkies" are displayed in a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S. July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/file photo
UPDATE: Former Trump aide Meadows files appeal to move Georgia election case to federal court -filing
UPDATED 12:28 P.M. (Reuters) -Mark Meadows, a former aide to Donald Trump who was charged in Georgia with trying to overturn the former U.S. president's 2020 election loss, has appealed a judge's ruli...
Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Rescuers race to find survivors over 48 hours after Morocco earthquake
IMGDAL, Morocco (Reuters) - Rescuers raced against time on Monday to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco's deadliest earthquake in over six decades, with nearly 2,500 killed ...
Sep 11, 2023 An emergency worker and a dog search bodies on the rubbles, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts third time this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began to erupt on Sunday afternoon, with flows currently confined to the surrounding crater floor, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) s...
Sep 11, 2023 Lava flows on the Halema'uma'u crater floor alongside several active vent sources as the Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, U.S. June 7, 2023. USGS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: US marks Sept. 11 attacks with Pentagon, World Trade Center site events
UPDATED 1:07 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans paused on Monday to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the twi...
Sep 11, 2023 A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
G20 summit wraps up in New Delhi; Macron says it confirms isolation of Russia
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The G20 summit in New Delhi ended on Sunday as India handed over the bloc presidency to Brazil, while both the U.S. and Russia praised a consensus that did not condemn Moscow for ...
Sep 10, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Raj Ghat memorial with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and other G20 leaders, Sept. 10, 2023, in New Delhi. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS
US, Vietnam upgrade ties as Biden visits in hedge against China
HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden secured deals with Vietnam on semiconductors and minerals as the strategic Southeast Asian nation elevated Washington to its highest diplomatic sta...
Sep 10, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
As Morocco reels from deadly quake, survivors seek aid
MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (Reuters) -Survivors of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food and water on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in hard-to-rea...
Sep 10, 2023 A woman carries belongings out of a damaged building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
G20 summit statement avoids condemning Russia for Ukraine war, calls for peace
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Group of 20 nations adopted a consensus declaration on the opening day of a summit on Saturday that avoided condemnation of Russia for the war in Ukraine but called on all sta...
Sep 09, 2023 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden with other leaders listen during the first session of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS
