Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. EPA proposes replacing lead water pipes within 10 years
(Reuters) - The Biden administration announced a proposal on Thursday which would require water systems across the U.S. to replace lead pipes within the next ten years, an issue which has been previou...
Nov 30, 2023
China’s Xi calls for Yangtze River Delta economic and energy powerhouse
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed the need to make major new economic, energy and environmental breakthroughs in the development of the vast Yangtze River Delta reg...
Nov 30, 2023
Pope says he has acute, infectious bronchitis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday said he was suffering from a highly infectious and acute form of bronchitis that has prevented him from making the trip to Dubai this weekend for the ...
Nov 30, 2023
Key facts about Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and presidential adviser
-Here are some facts on American diplomat Henry Kissinger, who died at age 100 on Wednesday: * He was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Furth, a city in Germany's Bavarian region, on May 27, 1923. As an ...
Nov 30, 2023
German court finds govt climate policy unlawful, orders emergency action
(Reuters) - A German court on Thursday found the government's policy to mitigate climate change to be unlawful on several points, and ordered Berlin to take emergency action. The Berlin-Brandenburg Hi...
Nov 30, 2023
Motor racing-McLaren buys carbon credits in quest for net zero
By Gabriel Araujo and Alan Baldwin SAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) -McLaren Racing has agreed to purchase carbon credits from reforestation projects in Brazil's Amazon rainforest and CO2 removal initiative...
Nov 30, 2023
Democrats have no Biden backup plan for 2024, despite age concerns
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party has no Plan B if President Joe Biden decided for any reason to halt his 2024 re-election campaign, and a sudden need to replace him as its sta...
Nov 30, 2023
US Senate Democrats expected to vote on Supreme Court ethics subpoenas
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are expected on Thursday to vote on authorizing subpoenas to a pair of influential conservatives with ties to the U.S. Supreme C...
Nov 30, 2023
Republican DeSantis faces risks in debate against Democrat Newsom amid struggling US presidential bid
By Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will use a televised debate against California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday night to try to prove...
Nov 30, 2023
World to hit 1.4C of warming in record hot 2023
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) - With a month to run, 2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, adding to "a deafening cacophony" of br...
Nov 30, 2023
