Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
EU greenhouse gas emissions drop 5% in the second quarter
By Diana Mandia and Augustin Turpin (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2023, with the biggest decline recorded in electricity and ...
Nov 15, 2023
Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ film premieres in Paris
By Noemie Olive and Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - The cast of Ridley Scott's biopic "Napoleon" flocked to Paris for the film's global premiere on Tuesday night, taking to the red carpet just days...
Nov 15, 2023
‘The Crown’ aims to depict Princess Diana’s final days with dignity
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Elizabeth Debicki, portraying Princess Diana on "The Crown" for two seasons created a sense of responsibility to be as authentic as poss...
Nov 15, 2023
Advocates argue to disqualify Trump from Colorado ballot over Jan. 6 attack
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - Lawyers representing a group of Colorado voters are set to deliver closing arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from ...
Nov 15, 2023
US Senate takes up bill to avert partial government shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday prepared to take up a stopgap spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown, with little time remaining before fundin...
Nov 15, 2023
‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gases -UN weather agency
GENEVA (Reuters) -The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, warning there was "no end in s...
Nov 15, 2023
Explainer-The numbers behind China’s renewable energy boom
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the U.S. have agreed to back a global target to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, the two superpowers said in a statement on Wednesday, two...
Nov 15, 2023
Morocco’s Managem says water at cobalt mine safe, denies report on arsenic contamination
RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan mining company Managem said on Wednesday an audit of its water supplies showed no irregularities after a German newspaper reported that toxic arsenic had been found in water...
Nov 15, 2023
Aussie court halts Santos’ Barossa pipeline near Tiwi Islands
(Reuters) - Santos was told by a court on Wednesday to halt its pipeline project around 70 kilometers north of the Tiwi Islands pending a final ruling, although it was allowed to begin laying gas pipe...
Nov 15, 2023
Worsening sand, dust storms driving global land loss, says UN
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, t...
Nov 15, 2023
