Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden, Xi to talk fentanyl in city gripped by opioid crisis
By Peter Henderson, Anna Tong and Trevor Hunnicutt SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Just blocks from where U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet other Asia-Pacific leaders...
Nov 15, 2023
Biden says Trump echoed Nazis with use of word ‘vermin’
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday attacked former President Donald Trump for using the word "vermin" to refer to his political enemies,...
Nov 14, 2023
Australia’s hot, dry El Nino summer brings risk of power cuts – operator
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Extreme heat, low rain and bushfires could trigger blackouts across Australia this summer, the electricity market operator said on Wednesday, as El Nino puts once-i...
Nov 14, 2023
US, China pledge cooperation on climate following California talks
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The United States and China will revive a bilateral working group on climate and work together on issues like methane, plastic pollution and energy transition, th...
Nov 14, 2023
Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetland surge to November record on lack of rain
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The number of fires in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, surged in the first few days of November, breaking the record for the month since monitoring began in 1998, ...
Nov 14, 2023
Puking bird wins New Zealand bird competition after John Oliver campaign
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The puteketeke, a bird that pukes, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand's bird of the century title in a competition where American-Bri...
Nov 14, 2023
At least 6 dead in fiery Ohio crash involving truck and bus carrying students
(Reuters) - At least six people were killed and as many as 18 others injured on Tuesday in a fiery highway crash in central Ohio involving five vehicles, including a tractor-trailer and a chartered bu...
Nov 14, 2023
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region -GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 109 km (67.7...
Nov 14, 2023
San Francisco patches over homelessness, drug-abuse for APEC
By Anna Tong and Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On a sunny Sunday before world leaders were scheduled to gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the United Nations Pl...
Nov 14, 2023
Climate activist Greta Thunberg set for London court appearance
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear at London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with a public order offence over an environmental protest in central Londo...
Nov 14, 2023
