Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that projects in Texas and Louisiana to remove more than 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions will get ove...
Aug 11, 2023
China floods hit rice, corn crops; trigger food inflation worries
By Naveen Thukral and Qin Ningwei SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods have damaged corn and rice crops in China's key northern grain-producing belt, traders and analysts said, with more rain in the f...
Aug 11, 2023
‘Mad’ tree cull raises hackles in Canary Island town
By John Stonestreet SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) - A pressure group on an island at the heart of Europe's ecotourism industry is battling to preserve some of its best-loved trees, which aut...
Aug 11, 2023
Analysis-China avoids climate change discussion despite extreme weather
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - Record heat and historic floods in China this summer have failed to ignite domestic public debate about how the world's top carbon polluter can mitigate clim...
Aug 11, 2023
Flash flood in China kills five villagers who were herding sheep
BEIJING (Reuters) - A flash flood in northwest China on Thursday night killed five villagers who were in the hills rounding up their sheep, sweeping their car into a rapidly rising river, local media ...
Aug 11, 2023
China’s Hebei province plans for two years for post-flood reconstruction
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's northern province of Hebei may spend two years carrying out post-flood reconstruction, state media China News Service reported on Friday, citing a news conference. The prov...
Aug 10, 2023
North Korea warns of flood damage after tropical storm drenches South
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy downpours continued to soak South and North Korea on Friday as tropical storm Khanun swept over the peninsula after pummelling Japan, putting Pyongyang on high ...
Aug 10, 2023
US suicide deaths reached record high in 2022, CDC data shows
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people who died by suicide in the U.S. hit an estimated record 49,000 in 2022, a 2.6% increase over the prior year, government data showed on Thu...
Aug 10, 2023
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Hokkaido, Japan – GFZ
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake's epicentre was 46 km (28.58 miles) below the Earth's surface, G...
Aug 10, 2023
Striking Hollywood writers, studios to return to bargaining table
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Negotiators for striking Hollywood writers and the major studios will return to the bargaining table on Friday, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) said as t...
Aug 10, 2023
