Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Mexico, conservation group boost efforts to save tiny vaquita porpoise
By Carolina Pulice MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government announced a new agreement with conservation group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday aimed at boosting protection of the endangered vaquita porpo...
Oct 03, 2023
Switzerland, US donate $8 million to Brazil’s fund to fight Amazon deforestation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Switzerland and the United States have donated $8.4 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help stop deforestation and preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Brazilian ...
Oct 03, 2023
Factbox-Who could succeed Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House?
(Reuters) - A small group of rebellious Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives succeeded in ousting their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday in a historic first. It was unclear who w...
Oct 03, 2023
US Pacific Northwest water supplies fall to 22-year low in 2023
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Water supplies in 2023 at The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon fell to the lowest since 2001, but were expected to rise to near-normal level...
Oct 03, 2023
Belize to launch project to make biofuel from seaweed clogging Caribbean coasts
(Reuters) - Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed swamping its pristine beaches into biofuel, its prime minister said in a statement published b...
Oct 03, 2023
GM furloughs another 163 workers due to UAW strike
(Reuters) - General Motors said on Tuesday it was laying off another 163 workers in Ohio because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike at two assembly plants and 18 parts distribution centers. The...
Oct 03, 2023
US FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated COVID shot
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an updated version of Novavax's protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in individuals aged 12 years and older, the hea...
Oct 03, 2023
Hospitality workers, Las Vegas casinos in crunch time for labor talks
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unions representing roughly 53,000 Las Vegas workers on Tuesday kicked off critical negotiating sessions with hotel and casino operators after its members vot...
Oct 03, 2023
Sean McGirr named as creative director of Alexander McQueen
PARIS (Reuters) - Sean McGirr was named by French luxury goods group Kering as creative director of British label Alexander McQueen on Tuesday. McGirr, previously head of ready-to-wear collections at ...
Oct 03, 2023
Explainer-What’s at stake in the US Congress’ debate over Ukraine aid?
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress included no new money for Ukraine in the stopgap U.S. spending bill it passed on Saturday to keep the federal government open, highlighting the inc...
Oct 03, 2023
