Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Pope decries ‘terrible world war’ on environment, announces new writing
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, announcing that he will issue a new document on the protection of nature, said on Wednesday he was doing so because a "terrible world war" against the environmen...
Aug 30, 2023
Forest fires hit Russian Black Sea resort town
(Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters are trying to put out blazes near the Russian Black Sea town of Gelendzhik, one of the country's most popular resorts, the local mayor said on Wednesday. In a post...
Aug 30, 2023
ABBA’s Agnetha to release new single ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog said she will release a new single on Thursday, relaunching her solo career at the age of 73. Faltskog, lead singer alongside Anni-Frid Lyngstad of the...
Aug 30, 2023
Climate change may increase conflict deaths, says IMF
By Rachel Savage JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to worsen conflicts in fragile and war-torn states, resulting in higher death rates and greatly reduced GDP, the International Moneta...
Aug 30, 2023
Australia settles climate lawsuit over systemic risks to sovereign bonds
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit which alleged it had failed to disclose climate change-related risks to investors in the country's sovereign bo...
Aug 30, 2023
Florida’s Gulf Coast braces for major hurricane as Idalia nears landfall
By Maria Alejandra Cardona and Marco Bello STEINHATCHEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's Gulf Coast braced on Wednesday for fierce winds, torrential rain and surging seawater from Idalia, forecast to be...
Aug 30, 2023
Tennessee governor’s push for gun laws fails as lawmakers scuffle
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A special legislative session in Tennessee called by the state's Republican governor in response to a deadly school shooting ended on Tuesday with no progress on gun safety ...
Aug 29, 2023
Typhoon Saola brushes by Taiwan bringing heavy rain, some disruption
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Typhoon Saola began brushing by the southern tip of Taiwan on Wednesday bringing heavy rain and winds causing some travel disruption though it is not expected to make direct landfal...
Aug 29, 2023
Fossil fuels’ share in EU power mix at lowest level since records began -report
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fossil fuels produced just 33% of the EU's power in the first half of this year, the lowest share on record based on data going back to 1990, researchers said on We...
Aug 29, 2023
Russian court extends detention of ex-US consular employee -Tass
(Reuters) - A Moscow court on Tuesday extended for three months the detention of a former U.S. consular employee accused of gathering information for Washington on the war in Ukraine and other issues,...
Aug 29, 2023
