Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Olympics-Tahiti locals say plans for smaller surf judging tower still unacceptable
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - Residents of the Tahitian village that will host the 2024 Olympic surfing event remain opposed to plans to build a new smaller judging tower on the reef, saying it will st...
Nov 26, 2023
Analysis-China turns to households in fight to slash carbon emissions
By David Stanway and David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - At a gleaming new metro station on the edge of Shenzhen, the local government is promoting "carbon coins" to commuters to earn and trade f...
Nov 26, 2023
Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd death, to survive prison attack
(Reuters) - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, is expected to survive following an attack in a prison in Arizona on Friday, according to a spo...
Nov 26, 2023
Irish writer Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian ‘Prophet Song’
LONDON (Reuters) - Irish writer Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize on Sunday for his novel 'Prophet Song', the story of a family and a country on the brink of catastrophe as an imaginary Irish gover...
Nov 26, 2023
Three Palestinian students attending US colleges shot and injured in Vermont
(Reuters) - Three Palestinian students attending U.S. colleges were shot on Saturday night in Burlington, Vermont, and were being treated for injuries on Sunday, according to the students' former scho...
Nov 26, 2023
Biden says 4-year-old US hostage was released by Hamas
NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said a 4-year-old American hostage has been released in Gaza and that he hopes a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas figh...
Nov 26, 2023
Biden will talk with Israel’s Netanyahu on Sunday, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CBS' "...
Nov 26, 2023
Greece PM laments lack of progress with UK on Parthenon Sculptures
LONDON (Reuters) - Talks over a possible return of the British Museum's Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday as he p...
Nov 26, 2023
TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86
(Reuters) - Marty Krofft, who created popular children's television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday....
Nov 25, 2023
Taiwan rattled by offshore earthquake, no reports of damage
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, briefly shaking buildings in the capital Taipei but with no reports of damage. ...
Nov 25, 2023
