Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Paris aims to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking fees
By Antonia Cimini and Louise Dalmasso PARIS (Reuters) - Paris aims to drive large sports utility vehicles (SUVs) out of its centre by hiking parking fees for heavy cars in the French capital, and it p...
Nov 22, 2023
Oil spill off Nigeria’s Egina field under control, agency says
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities are closely monitoring and working to contain an oil spill that occurred during loading operations at the TotalEnergies operated Egina field on ...
Nov 22, 2023
K-Pop band BLACKPINK receive honorary MBEs from Britain’s King Charles
LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles on Wednesday presented K-Pop band BLACKPINK with honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire medals in the presence of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol durin...
Nov 22, 2023
A Thanksgiving tradition returns: hectic travel in the US
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - More Americans are traveling this Thanksgiving weekend than at any time since the pandemic, but many will have to endure storms on Wednesday before reaching their destinat...
Nov 22, 2023
EU to use satellites to track climate threats to forests
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a forest monitoring system that will use satellites to track threats such as climate change-fuelled wildfires and ille...
Nov 22, 2023
India orders safety audit of tunnels after collapse in Himalayas
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will carry out a safety audit of more than two dozen tunnels it is building after one such tunnel in the Himalayas ...
Nov 22, 2023
Explainer-Climate activists, companies lawyer up for courtroom battles
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) - As global temperatures and emissions climb, people are increasingly turning to courtrooms to challenge fossil fuel companies' activities, leading to wins on issues l...
Nov 22, 2023
Explainer-Why carbon capture is no easy solution to climate change
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Technologies that capture carbon dioxide emissions to keep them from the atmosphere are central to the climate strategies of many world governments as they seek to follow t...
Nov 22, 2023
Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Vanuatu region – USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Vanuatu region in the South Pacific on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) below the Earth's surf...
Nov 21, 2023
Analysis-Economic models buckle under strain of climate reality
By Mark John (Reuters) - Ahead of international climate talks in Dubai this month, economists are updating estimates of the impact of global warming on the world economy, sometimes calculating down to...
Nov 21, 2023
