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Key Republican backs Biden nominee to head FAA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key Senate Republican said Thursday he plans to support the White House nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the agency addresses a series of near-miss...
Oct 05, 2023
Nobel winner Fosse ‘overwhelmed, somewhat frightened’ by literature award
OSLO (Reuters) - Winning the Nobel prize for literature is both overwhelming and scary, Norwegian playwright and novelist Jon Fosse told Reuters following the announcement on Thursday. "I am overwhelm...
Oct 05, 2023
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said ...
Oct 05, 2023
Libya flood disaster damaged ancient city but revealed new remains
By Ayman al-Warfali CYRENE, Libya (Reuters) - The flooding that killed thousands in Libya's Derna last month damaged the ruins at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in the mountains nearby, but it also ...
Oct 05, 2023
Ukraine may sow less winter wheat due to too dry weather – minister
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is likely to sow less winter wheat than it initially expected for the 2024 harvest due to the prolonged absence of rain across most regions, Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky...
Oct 05, 2023
UN Green Climate Fund pledges reach $9.3 billion in second replenishment round
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United Nations Green Climate Fund reached around $9.3 billion in pledges for its second replenishment round to help vulnerable countries cope with climate change, the fund's fac...
Oct 05, 2023
EU Parliament gives formal approval to new EU climate chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament gave its formal approval on Thursday to appoint Wopke Hoesktra as the EU's new head of climate change policy, paving the way for him to take on the role. H...
Oct 05, 2023
US public support declines for arming Ukraine -Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support is falling among Americans of both major political parties for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies...
Oct 05, 2023
Japan pledges $1 billion for UN climate change fund
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Japan will put up to 165 billion yen ($1.11 billion) into the United Nation's main fund for helping vulnerable countries cope with climate change, the country said on Thursday. Th...
Oct 05, 2023
Thousands evacuated on Spain’s Tenerife as summer wildfire re-ignites
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife evacuated some 3,000 people from their homes overnight as a wildfire sparked by high temperatures and strong winds raged in a forested ...
Oct 05, 2023
