Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1 million at Paris auction
PARIS (Reuters) - A bicorne hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte sold for a record 1,932,000 euros ($2.11 million) at the Drouot auction house in Paris on Sunday. It was initially estim...
Nov 19, 2023
Bidens to join military families at ‘Friendsgiving’ meal in Norfolk
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join military personnel and their families on Sunday for an early Thanksgiving meal dubbed "Friendsgivin...
Nov 19, 2023
U.N. plastic treaty talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce debate
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - A third round of United Nations negotiations in pursuit of the world's first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from those invol...
Nov 19, 2023
Japan’s teamLab readies renewed digital museum in Tokyo mega complex
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - In a basement maze beneath Japan's tallest skyscraper, construction crews and digital artists are racing to assemble an immersive museum that will serve as the cultura...
Nov 19, 2023
Trump vows to kill Asia trade deal being pursued by Biden if elected
By Nathan Layne FORT DODGE, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday that he would kill off a Pacific trade pact being advanced by U....
Nov 18, 2023
Kenya’s rail operator says floods, landslide disrupting its services from port city
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Flooding and landslides in Kenya's coastal region has resulted in delays in delivering cargo to and from the port city of Mombasa, the state-owned rail operator said on Saturday. H...
Nov 18, 2023
US lawmakers urge scrutiny of SpaceX worker injuries after Reuters report
By Marisa Taylor and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. lawmakers are calling for greater scrutiny of worker safety at Elon Musk's SpaceX following a Reuters investigation that documented...
Nov 18, 2023
X Corp to file lawsuit against media watchdog, others -Musk
(Reuters) - X Corp will be filing a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said on Saturday in a post on the social media platform, soon after major U....
Nov 18, 2023
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, ex-girlfriend settle sex trafficking, rape lawsuit
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura on Friday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial physical abuse, sexual ...
Nov 17, 2023
California man pleads not guilty to manslaughter in death of Jewish protester
By Jorge Garcia and Steve Gorman THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) - A California man pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and battery charges on Friday in the death of a Jewish man who fell to the gr...
Nov 17, 2023
