Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
KKR seeks to raise up to $7 billion for first global climate fund – source
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm KKR & Co is looking to raise up to $7 billion for its first global climate fund that seeks to invest in energy transition opportunities, a...
Dec 07, 2023
Disasters caused $100 billion in insured losses in 2023, Swiss Re says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, wildfires in Hawaii and other natural catastrophes have caused an estimated $100 billion in insured losses so far in 2023, down from the previous...
Dec 07, 2023
West Africa counts on chemicals to curb new cotton pest
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Without pausing to wipe the sweat from their brows, workers in northern Ivory Coast picked cotton by the handful - a cr...
Dec 07, 2023
Seychelles declares state of emergency after explosion, flooding
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a blast at an explosives depot and heavy rains damaged an industrial zone and surrounding area...
Dec 07, 2023
Survivor of Indonesia’s Marapi eruption says will never hike again
By Aidil Ichlas PADANG PANJANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Tita Cahyani is lucky to be alive. The 24-year-old first-time hiker was on her way down from the peak of Indonesia's Marapi volcano when it starte...
Dec 07, 2023
Soaring pollution in Pakistan’s Lahore fills wards with sick children
By Charlotte Greenfield and Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE (Reuters) - In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up for treatment this week, par...
Dec 07, 2023
Moldova volunteers to run COP29 climate summit, Serbia also mulls bid -sources
By Alexander Cornwell and Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - Moldova has put itself forward as a candidate for the presidency of next year's U.N. climate summit and Serbia is also considering throwing its ...
Dec 06, 2023
Analysis-Nuclear sector must overcome decades of stagnation to meet COP28 tripling goal
By David Stanway and Timothy Gardner DUBAI (Reuters) - The global nuclear industry got a morale boost at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai after more than 20 nations vowed to triple capacity by 2050. ...
Dec 06, 2023
‘Blowhard,’ ‘fascist,’ ‘Voldemort’: Attacks get personal at fourth Republican debate
By Gram Slattery TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy "the most obnoxious blowhard in America." Ramaswamy said former U.S....
Dec 06, 2023
‘Oppenheimer’ to screen in Japan next year after nuclear controversy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Universal Pictures' "Oppenheimer" will screen in Japan next year, a local distributor said on Thursday - a launch that had been in doubt amid criticism that the film largely ignores ...
Dec 06, 2023
