Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Brazil to launch FX hedge platform for ‘green’ investments
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's finance ministry and the Inter-American Development Bank will launch a foreign-exchange hedge platform aimed at smoothing volatility for investments under the country's g...
Dec 01, 2023
US appeals court says Trump must face lawsuits over US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former pr...
Dec 01, 2023
Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to steer the nation's law for much ...
Dec 01, 2023
Spain to contribute 20 million euros to climate disaster fund – PM Sanchez
DUBAI (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday his country will increase its contribution to the climate disaster fund by 20 million euros. Sanchez made the announcement during ...
Dec 01, 2023
Conductor Gergiev, shunned in West, named director of Russia’s Bolshoi
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, shunned by Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. ...
Dec 01, 2023
Germany’s Scholz announces Climate Club to help developing countries cut industry emission
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday announced the launch of an international club to help developing nations invest in decarbonising hard-to-abate industries like steel, cement ...
Dec 01, 2023
Vietnam, at COP28, details plan to use $15.5 billion funding to cut coal use
DUBAI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Friday that his country has forged a plan with G7 governments and lenders for how it would use an agreed multi-billion dollar cash in...
Dec 01, 2023
Japan to stop building unabated coal power plants, PM Kishida tells COP28
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will stop building new coal power plants that do not have emission reduction measures in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday. "...
Dec 01, 2023
Germany’s climate commitments uncertain amid budget crisis – COP envoy
BERLIN (Reuters) - Many of Germany's future international climate commitments are uncertain amid a budget crisis that has frozen government finances in Europe's biggest economy, a government represent...
Dec 01, 2023
Italy pledges 100 million euros to COP28 climate damage fund, PM Meloni says
By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy will provide 100 million euros ($108.91 million) to a new fund to help poor countries cope with "loss and damage" due to climate change, Prim...
Dec 01, 2023
