Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
A.M. Lukas sues actor Nuno Lopes for alleged rape in New York court
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - American writer and filmmaker A.M. Lukas has accused "White Lines" actor Nuno Lopes of drugging and raping her in 2006, in a filing lodged just days before a one-...
Nov 21, 2023
Rising US debt stokes calls in Congress for special fiscal commission
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is facing growing calls to find a way to stem rising budget deficits and debt following this month's warning by Moody's th...
Nov 21, 2023
Greek floods and fires expose Europe’s frail climate defences
By Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou MOUZAKI, Greece (Reuters) - Dimitris Kouretas, elected governor of Greece's central province of Thessaly last month in the wake of calamitous floods, struggles...
Nov 21, 2023
Hit by floods and fires, a Greek villager has lost hope
By Louisa Gouliamaki SESKLO, Greece (Reuters) - The fires came first. Then the floods. In the small village of Sesklo in central Greece, 46-year old Vasilis Tsiamitas has felt the extremes of both fre...
Nov 21, 2023
Exclusive-France, US to propose ban on private finance to coal-fired plants at COP28 – sources
By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based powe...
Nov 21, 2023
Indonesia launches $20 billion renewable energy investment plan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia launched on Tuesday its investment plan to mobilise $20 billion in financing pledged by global lenders led by the United States and Japan to accelerate its power sector d...
Nov 20, 2023
Flights cancelled, residents to evacuate as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some residents of a remote Papua New Guinea island were preparing on Tuesday to evacuate from the vicinity of an erupting volcano that shot a cloud of ash into the sky forcing the c...
Nov 20, 2023
One dead, three injured in shooting at Ohio Walmart – local media
(Reuters) -At least one person was killed and three people were injured on Monday in a shooting at a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio,WHIO television reported, citing its reporters on the scene, as ...
Nov 20, 2023
Australia regulator targets ‘carbon neutral’ claims in greenwashing crackdown
(Reuters) -Australia's corporate regulator will crack down on companies which make unfounded claims of being environmentally friendly, and also hold investment platforms accountable for distributing p...
Nov 20, 2023
Rapper A$AP Rocky ordered to stand trial in Los Angeles on assault charges
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper A$AP Rocky, the romantic partner of recording star Rihanna and father of her two sons, was ordered on Monday to stand trial in Los Angeles on two felony ...
Nov 20, 2023
