Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Muslim Americans face ‘Abandon Biden’ dilemma – then who?
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Muslim American leaders from six battleground states on Saturday vowed to mobilize their communities against President Joe Biden's reelection over his support of Israel's war...
Dec 02, 2023
What to watch at COP28 on Sunday
DUBAI (Reuters) - After two days of back-to-back speeches by world leaders, the COP28 climate summit turns its attention on Sunday to the reality of climate change fuelling more sickness and disease. ...
Dec 02, 2023
Brazil launches $204 million drive to restore Amazon rainforest
By Steven Grattan and Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's national development bank (BNDES) on Saturday launched an effort to restore degraded or destroyed woodland amounting to 60,000 square k...
Dec 02, 2023
Japan issues tsunami alert after Philippines quake
TOKYO(Reuters) - A tsunami alert has been issued for western Japan's Pacific coast following a major earthquake in the Philippines, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Saturday. The tsunami, which...
Dec 02, 2023
Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines – EMSC
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 63 km (39 miles), EMSC adde...
Dec 02, 2023
COP28: US touts climate leadership as oil and gas output hits record
By Richard Valdmanis, Sarah McFarlane and Simon Jessop DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to claim the mantle of global climate leadership for the United States on Saturday in ...
Dec 02, 2023
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near Kepulauan Babar region in Indonesia on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 138 km ...
Dec 02, 2023
Impact of Amazon’s climate-driven drought may last until 2026
By Brad Haynes and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The Amazon rainforest's record-breaking drought hit home for Raimundo Leite de Souza one October morning, he said, when he woke to find the st...
Dec 02, 2023
Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow
(Reuters) - Long-distance trains and hundreds of flights in and out of the German city of Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, according to statements by Deutsche Bahn and Muni...
Dec 02, 2023
‘Find a breakthrough’, Pope Francis sends message to UN climate summit
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pope Francis, unable to attend the COP28 climate summit, called on world leaders on Saturday to find a breakthrough to tackle global rising temperatures, calling the destruction of t...
Dec 02, 2023
