Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) - Catastrophe bond funds rank among the 10 best performing credit funds this year, as the hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters that could trigger payouts have...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Norfolk Southern Corp has agreed to improve conditions for workers rebuilding and cleaning up the site of its February derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, th...

(Reuters) - Absolute greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Canadian oil sands production were flat in 2022 even as total output grew, according to an analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Absolute ...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge has blocked the state of Hawaii from enforcing a recently enacted ban on firearms on its prized beaches and in other areas including banks, bars and parks, c...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Seven people died after being swept away by a sudden surge of water at a dam in China's southwestern Sichuan province, state media reported on Wednesday, in a tragic incident fol...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba in July recorded its hottest month since 1951, officials said, with the soaring temperatures on land and sea straining the country's decrepit electric grid and pressuring fragi...

(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, 90, was briefly hospitalized on Tuesday evening following a minor fall in her San Francisco home, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Wednesday, citing th...

(Reuters) - A U.S. nurse and her child have been safely released after their kidnapping in Haiti two weeks ago, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization where the nurse works said on Wednesday. "We...

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is sweeping the Gulf region this week, hitting cities from Dubai to Doha. Dubai, for example, is forecast to see air te...

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization is currently tracking several coronavirus variants, including the EG.5 variant that is spreading in the U.S. and U.K., Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey...