Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden campaign taps Pelosi on Obamacare after Trump threatens health law
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's re-election campaign enlisted former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday to warn about threats to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), bet...
Nov 28, 2023
Death toll from Kenya’s El Nino floods jumps to 120
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed 120 people in Kenya, while people in almost 90,000 households have been forced to leave their homes, the governm...
Nov 28, 2023
Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado rises 3% in 2022/23
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado, the world's most species-rich savanna, rose 3% from August 2022 to July 2023 to 11,022 square kilometers (4,255.6 square miles), data from the c...
Nov 28, 2023
Barcelona raises water bills due to long-running drought
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Water bills will rise sharply in Barcelona and neighbouring cities due to a long-running drought in Spain's northeast as the costs of desalination and water purifica...
Nov 28, 2023
American Lithium says Peru lithium project could be fast-tracked
(Reuters) - Canada's American Lithium Corp on Tuesday said it submitted an early environmental permit study for its Falchani lithium project in southern Peru and expects approval in coming months, whi...
Nov 28, 2023
Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in Smartmatic defamation case against Fox
By Helen Coster and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation ...
Nov 28, 2023
Powerful Koch group endorses Haley’s 2024 Republican presidential bid
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conservative U.S. political network led by billionaire Charles Koch on Tuesday endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, giving t...
Nov 28, 2023
FDIC watchdog planning ‘special inquiry’ on agency leadership, sexual harassment
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -A watchdog overseeing the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp will conduct a "special inquiry" into to how the bank regulator's leadership has handled complaints about s...
Nov 28, 2023
White House urges RSV vaccine makers to meet demand
By Susan Heavey and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Biden administration officials met with RSV vaccine makers this week to underscore the need for manufacturers such as Sanofi and Astr...
Nov 28, 2023
Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become net zero emitter by 2040, president says
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emitter by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, as the island also attempts to build climate...
Nov 28, 2023
