Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. Pence...
Aug 08, 2023
U.S. farmers expect corn harvest could be second-biggest ever
By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. corn harvest could be the second-largest on record as rains during July shepherded the crop through its critical development phase, offsetting dry conditi...
Aug 08, 2023
Exclusive-Paraguay President-elect: EU’s environmental demands in trade talks ‘unacceptable’
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - South America's Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union should shelve talks over a free trade agreement, with current environmental demands from the EU "una...
Aug 08, 2023
Los Angeles city workers staging 24-hour strike
(Reuters) - Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers planned a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest what their union calls bad-faith bargaining by government officials over a new contract, in the la...
Aug 08, 2023
Graffiti artists tag Milan’s famed Galleria arcade
MILAN (Reuters) - Graffiti artists have scaled and tagged the soaring stone entrance to Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the prestigious shopping arcade at the heart of the city. Video posted on...
Aug 08, 2023
July was world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last month was the hottest July on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union's Copernicus climate change panel said on Tuesday. S...
Aug 08, 2023
U.S. Mega Millions jackpot reaches estimated $1.55 billion
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) - The Mega Millions lottery jackpot grew to an estimated $1.55 billion on Tuesday after none of the millions of Americans who played the multistate lottery last week held ...
Aug 08, 2023
VP Harris to celebrate new rules boosting wages, protections on federal projects
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Biden administration will bolster union-friendly rules on Tuesday that will boost wages and protections for workers on federally funded construction pro...
Aug 08, 2023
Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use
By Horaci Garcia AGULLANA, Spain (Reuters) - Artur Duran holds his hand out by his waist to show the level of water he remembers two years ago at the Darnius Boadella reservoir in northeastern Spain. ...
Aug 08, 2023
India says cheetah deaths not alarming, to consult experts
By Blassy Boben NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is taking steps to ensure the wellbeing of cheetahs brought from southern Africa, the government has told the Supreme Court, as concerns rise over the death...
Aug 08, 2023
