Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fans, swimwear and sweat: Spaniards brave summer heat to vote in election
By Aislinn Laing MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards got up early, voted in swimwear and turned ballot papers into fans to beat sweltering heat on Sunday as they took part in an election that many saw as ill...
Jul 23, 2023
Hurricane Don weakens to a tropical storm, NHC says
(Reuters) - Hurricane Don has weakened to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. The storm was located about 320 miles (515 km) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland...
Jul 23, 2023
‘Barbie’ movie sets record as biggest domestic debut of 2023
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new "Barbie" movie brought in $155 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, setting a record as the biggest opening of 2023, distributor Warner Bros said on ...
Jul 23, 2023
Pence says Trump conduct around 2021 Capitol attack was reckless but not criminal
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said on Sunday he felt former President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up...
Jul 23, 2023
Monsoon rain flooding in Afghanistan kills 30 people – official
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - At least 30 people have been killed in Afghanistan after floods caused by a heavy monsoon rain spell washed away homes, a disaster ministry official said on S...
Jul 23, 2023
Pope calls on world leaders to do more to tackle climate change
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that recent heat waves across many parts of the world and flooding in countries such as South Korea showed that more urgent action was needed to tackle cli...
Jul 23, 2023
Italian region of Calabria hit by wild fires, heat to intensify
ROME (Reuters) - Firefighters battled blazes in the southern Italian region of Calabria on Sunday and forecasters warned that temperatures were set to soar again in parts of the country over the next ...
Jul 23, 2023
UK’s Gove warns against treating tackling climate change as ‘religious crusade’
LONDON (Reuters) - British housing minister Michael Gove warned on Sunday against the danger of treating tackling climate change as "a religious crusade", days after the governing Conservatives narrow...
Jul 23, 2023
Tourists flee Greek island Rhodes wildfire, thousands evacuated
ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire which has raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for six days forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after the...
Jul 23, 2023
Five dead after heavy rains in eastern China, crops damaged in northeast
BEIJING (Reuters) - Five people died and two were missing, after heavy rain burst a river bank in a village near eastern China's Hangzhou city on Saturday, flooding houses and carrying away people and...
Jul 23, 2023
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