Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Storms hit Australia’s wheat harvest
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Heavy rain sweeping through southeastern Australia has damaged wheat crops, potentially shrinking production by more than 100,000 tons and turning up to 1 million ...
Nov 29, 2023
Explainer-A guide to UN climate jargon, from NDCs to ‘unabated’ emissions
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Decades of global climate negotiations have produced a perplexing collection of phrases and acronyms, as countries grapple with new science and policy goals aimed at limit...
Nov 29, 2023
US military aircraft crashes in sea off Japan, condition of crew unknown
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -A U.S. military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday with fishermen reporting three people had been ...
Nov 29, 2023
Defying Pope’s calls for climate action, US Catholic bishops cling to fossil fuels
By Richard Valdmanis (Reuters) - Hundreds of Catholic institutions around the globe have announced plans to divest their finances of oil, gas and coal to help fight climate change since Pope Francis p...
Nov 29, 2023
Factbox-Ahead of COP28, research shows the world far behind in climate fight
By Gloria Dickie, Susanna Twidale and David Stanway (Reuters) - Ahead of this year's COP28 climate summit in Dubai, U.N. agencies have released several reports offering updates on global progress in l...
Nov 29, 2023
Energy efficiency must double in pace by 2030 to hit climate goals, IEA says
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Countries must double the pace of measures to improve energy efficiency if global climate targets are to be met, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a r...
Nov 29, 2023
World to reckon with future of fossil fuels at COP28 climate summit
By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Delegates from nearly 200 countries will convene this week for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where conference host and OPEC me...
Nov 29, 2023
US Vice President Harris to attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan ...
Nov 29, 2023
US life expectancy climbs in 2022 after COVID retreat
By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) - U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two con...
Nov 29, 2023
Analysis-Australian sheep, cattle prices slump as El Nino scorches pastures
By Peter Hobson DELEGATE, Australia (Reuters) - Half the typical amount of rain has fallen this year on Angus Hobson's farm in southeastern Australia. That means he has less grass and will have to sel...
Nov 28, 2023
