Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
US to impose visa bans on those involved in West Bank violence -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department will impose visa bans against individuals involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the occupied West Bank, Secretary of State Antony Bli...
Dec 05, 2023
Carbon tax in Canada’s Pacific province has health benefit, study shows
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - As Canadian politicians continue an intense debate over emissions policies, a new study has found that the country's carbon pricing scheme in British Columbia has a...
Dec 05, 2023
US to award $3 billion to Las Vegas high-speed rail project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding $3 billion to a $12 billion Las Vegas to Southern California high-speed rail project that aims to be completed before the 2028 Los...
Dec 05, 2023
RFK Jr. backer to spend $15 million to get him on 2024 ballots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Values 2024, a fundraising "Super PAC" supporting third party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said on Tuesday it plans to spend up to $15 million getting ...
Dec 05, 2023
Biden approval near lowest level of his presidency-Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's popularity was near its lowest level of his presidency this month, a sign of the challenges ahead for his re-election bid next year, ac...
Dec 05, 2023
US House speaker wants more info on Ukraine, border measures before approving aid
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives reiterated his request for more information about Ukraine strategy and Republican demands for cha...
Dec 05, 2023
Ukrainian boy badly burned in Russian attack returns to school, music and dance
By Andriy Perun LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Eight-year-old Roman Oleksiv is back at school in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, another step in an unlikely recovery from life-threatening burns and shr...
Dec 05, 2023
US House Republican Patrick McHenry to say he won’t seek re-election -media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry, who served as acting speaker of the House during Republicans' bruising leadership fight this year, is expected to announce on Tuesday that he...
Dec 05, 2023
Tom Hanks brings love of space to new immersive London show
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Archive footage of space rockets taking off beam across giant walls in a new immersive show in London, as Hollywood actor Tom Hanks narrates the story of h...
Dec 05, 2023
US sales of Palestinian keffiyehs soar, even as wearers targeted
By Andrea Shalal, Andrew Hay and Siddharth Cavale WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans are donning the keffiyeh, the distinctive patterned scarf that's closely linked with Palestinians...
Dec 05, 2023
