Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
US forces attacked 4 times in Iraq, Syria within hours
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces were attacked four times in Iraq and Syria on Thursday with rockets and armed drones, but there were no casualties or damage to infrastructure, a U.S military official ...
Nov 23, 2023
Biden shares pies for Thanksgiving, expresses hope about hostage release
By Jeff Mason NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden delivered pumpkin pies to firefighters on Thursday to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and expressed hope about a pending hostage ...
Nov 23, 2023
Brazil to propose mega fund to conserve forests at COP28 climate summit
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil plans to propose a "huge" fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change summit tha...
Nov 23, 2023
Bolivians use hoses, water bottles to battle wildfire blazes
By Monica Machicao and Santiago Limachi LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivians are battling wildfire blazes that have torn through 3 million hectares (11,583 square miles) of land this year, with firefighters a...
Nov 23, 2023
New York Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexual assault in 1993
(Reuters) - A woman on Wednesday accused New York Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault and other offenses in a court filing, alleging they occurred in 1993 while both of them worked for the city of New ...
Nov 23, 2023
Brazil could reach historic low deforestation in 1-2 years, official says
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil could reach historically low levels of deforestation in one to two years, the head of the environmental protection agency said on Thursday, as the country r...
Nov 23, 2023
Brazil highlights poverty, climate change as G20 priorities
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will focus on reducing hunger and poverty, slowing climate change and global governance reform when it heads the G20 group of the world's largest economies starting next mo...
Nov 23, 2023
Investigators still probing cause of fiery car crash at US-Canada border
(Reuters) - U.S. police said on Thursday they were still investigating a fiery crash on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario on Wednesday, which sparked a security scare that closed four U.S....
Nov 23, 2023
Train derailment, chemical spill disrupt Thanksgiving for Kentucky town
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A train derailment that spilled molten sulfur in eastern Kentucky on the eve of Thanksgiving disrupted holiday plans for local residents in the remote area on Thursday, s...
Nov 23, 2023
Factbox-Who is Gurpatwant Pannun, target of foiled murder plot in US?
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the target of a foiled murder plot in the U.S., is an immigration attorney charged with terrorism in India for advocating separatism and ...
Nov 23, 2023
