Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Britain’s Sunak tries to reclaim climate narrative with $2 billion pledge
DUBAI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pledge 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) in funding at the U.N. climate summit on Friday, an attempt to bolster his green credentials after watering dow...
Dec 01, 2023
Analysis-Why a murder plot will not turn the US away from India
By Simon Lewis, David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brazen murder-for-hire plot against a U.S. citizen, which authorities say was directed by an Indian government official, ...
Dec 01, 2023
How alleged India plots to kill Sikh separatists in the US and Canada unfolded
By Luc Cohen and Krishn Kaushik NEW YORK/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil began in May, with a text message between what the American indictment say...
Nov 30, 2023
Dry soil to curb Asia’s early 2024 rice output, pressure supply
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian off-season rice production is poised to take a hit as dry planting conditions, shrinking reservoirs and forecasts for continued El Nino weather are set to...
Nov 30, 2023
Australia pension funds call for reforms to encourage green energy investment at home
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian pension funds called on Friday for the government to enact reforms that would make it easier to invest in domestic renewable energy projects and warned t...
Nov 30, 2023
US ‘Good Neighbor’ plan works to cut power plant emissions, says EPA
(Reuters) - Emissions from power plants have fallen sharply this year in the 10 U.S. states participating in the "Good Neighbor" plan, but the program has not yet gone ahead in 12 other states, the En...
Nov 30, 2023
Britain’s King Charles to push for global action on climate in COP28 speech
DUBAI (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will give an opening address to the U.N. COP28 climate summit on Friday where he is expected to tell world leaders that the repeated warning signs of the impac...
Nov 30, 2023
Biden praised Kissinger in life, offers measured reaction on his death
By Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Senate Foreign Relations Chair, Joe Biden offered effusive praise of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger when the veteran diplomat spoke to Congress ...
Nov 30, 2023
US judge blocks Montana from banning TikTok use in state
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana's first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy iss...
Nov 30, 2023
Ex-US Marine pleads guilty to firebombing California abortion clinic
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An ex-U.S. Marine pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he firebombed a women's health and abortion clinic in Southern California last year and adm...
Nov 30, 2023
