Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trudeau government urged to walk the talk on Canada's climate policies
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Canada's federal budget on Tuesday unveiled few emissions-cutting policies, but climate advocates say the key for Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is to prioritize imple...
Apr 17, 2024
Earthquake jolts Ehime, Kochi prefectures of southern Japan - JMA
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was Bungo Channel, a str...
Apr 17, 2024
Alaska Airlines flights resume after being grounded over aircraft system issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An issue with the system that calculates weight and balance of Alaska Airlines planes, causing all of its flights to be halted on Wednesday morning, has been resolved and the U....
Apr 17, 2024
Climate change damage could cost $38 trillion per year by 2050, study finds
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Damage to farming, infrastructure, productivity, and health from climate change will cost an estimated $38 trillion per year by 2050, German government-backed rese...
Apr 17, 2024
US House Ukraine, Israel aid bills to be filed Wednesday, speaker says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday the text of four bills providing assistance to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific woul...
Apr 17, 2024
Explainer-What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people...
Apr 17, 2024
Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have slowly begun
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Wednesday it found Russian online campaigns aimed at influencing the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 da...
Apr 17, 2024
Police arrest six, seek three others linked to Canada's largest gold heist
By KyawSoe Oo BRAMPTON, Ontario (Reuters) - Police in Canada and the United States have arrested six people and are seeking three others in connection with the theft of over C$22 million ($16 million)...
Apr 17, 2024
Head of Russian space agency says work under way on modernised Angara rocket
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on a modernised Angara-A5M rocket capable of launching manned spacecraft, and plans to launch it in 2027, the head of its Roscosmos state space agency said on Wedn...
Apr 17, 2024
Man who set fire to UK mosque worshippers indefinitely detained
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who set fire to two men as they left mosques in Britain last year was sentenced to indefinite detention in hospital, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesda...
Apr 17, 2024
