Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Explainer-COP28 deal on fossil fuels gives impetus to ‘just transition’
By Megan Rowling BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The hard-won agreement at the COP28 climate summit to transition away from fossil fuels for energy was heralded as the "beginning of the end" ...
Dec 18, 2023
Nikola founder Trevor Milton to be sentenced over fraud conviction
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trevor Milton, the convicted founder of electric- and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola, is set to be sentenced on Monday after a jury in October 2022 found him gu...
Dec 18, 2023
EU warns countries are off track for 2030 climate goal
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are falling behind on their core climate change target and without stronger emissions-cutting policies risk missing the goal, the European ...
Dec 18, 2023
Dry spell, Harmattan winds hit Ivory Coast cocoa regions
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions saw no rainfall last week while the seasonal dry Harmattan wind began to blow, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is...
Dec 18, 2023
EU countries back law to curb packaging waste
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries on Monday backed a new EU law to cut packaging waste, but agreed to seek exemptions for certain sectors. The European Commission proposed the law last yea...
Dec 18, 2023
Princess Diana dress sells for record $1.1 million at auction
LONDON (Reuters) - An evening dress worn by the late Princess Diana has sold for $1.1 million, 11 times its estimate, breaking the record price for one of her gowns going under the hammer, Los Angeles...
Dec 18, 2023
Supreme Court, public, pay tribute Sandra Day O’Connor
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court and members of the public on Monday will pay tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor, the court's first female justice, who died on...
Dec 18, 2023
Wars raise profit outlook for US defense industry in 2024
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Pentagon pulled the world's biggest defense contractors into a meeting to tell them to ramp up production shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, one CEO he...
Dec 18, 2023
Trump to install loyalists to reshape U.S. foreign policy. Diplomats gird for “doomsday”
By Gram Slattery, Simon Lewis, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump in a second term would likely install loyalists in key positions in the Pentagon, State Department and CI...
Dec 18, 2023
Factbox-Trump’s foreign policy: rethink NATO, troops to Mexico, boost tariffs
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican former President Donald Trump is planning to fundamentally alter America's relationship with Europe should he win a second term in office. On the cam...
Dec 18, 2023
