Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Nobel Prize award raised to nearly $1 million for 2023
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will get an extra 1 million crowns, taking the total financial reward to 11 million Swedish crowns ($986,000), the Nobel Foundation, which adm...
Sep 15, 2023
Hundreds gather at Ford plant in Michigan as auto workers begin historic strike
By Eric Cox WAYNE, Michigan (Reuters) - Hundreds of people, including auto workers on the night shift and their supporters, gathered at a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan as members of the Unite...
Sep 15, 2023
Instacart set to raise IPO target price after Arm’s successful debut- WSJ
(Reuters) - Grocery-delivery company Instacart is preparing to raise the target price for its initial public offering following the successful debut of SoftBank-owned Arm, The Wall Street Journal repo...
Sep 15, 2023
As the sea warms, struggling Cambodian fishermen seek to preserve crab stocks
By Thomas Suen ANGKOAL, Cambodia (Reuters) - For Ung Bun, a 39-year-old fisherman from Cambodia's southern Kep province, the days when he would come home with plentiful catches of flower crabs appear ...
Sep 15, 2023
What people are saying about the US auto worker strike
(Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis on Friday, kicking off the most ambitious U.S. i...
Sep 15, 2023
Rockefeller Foundation boosts climate funding to $1 billion over 5 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Rockefeller Foundation will invest $1 billion over the next five years in projects providing poor communities around the world with resources like electric buses, power grids,...
Sep 14, 2023
Factbox-Detroit Three plants where UAW plans to strike
(Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain on Thursday laid out plans for unprecedented, simultaneous walkouts at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis' U.S. operat...
Sep 14, 2023
US opposes Trump request to remove judge in federal election case
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump's request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. ...
Sep 14, 2023
U.S. auto workers target Detroit Three plants for historic strike
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Thursday workers would walk off the job at three Detroit Three factories at midnight, barring a last-minute agreement, se...
Sep 14, 2023
Global climate protests demand world leaders phase out fossil fuels
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Climate protesters were set to take to the streets in more than 50 countries from Friday to Sunday, in a weekend of demonstrations to demand that governments phase ...
Sep 14, 2023
