Health-Harming Heat Stress Rising in Europe, Scientists Say
April 21 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service and the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday. In…
How a Small Oregon Town Sparked a Nationwide Debate on Homelessness
April 20 By Deborah Bloom GRANTS PASS, Oregon (Reuters) – On a sunny afternoon in a grassy park by the river, Amber Rockwell loaded a black, steel cart with a tent, suitcases, bags, camping stove and a plastic tin of licorice and tightened it all…
US Restricts Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness, Angering State Leaders
April 19 By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Biden administration took steps on Friday to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S. reliant on foreign resources, but pleasing…
Alec Baldwin’s Criminal Case Hinges on a Wild West Revolver
April 18 By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) – A Colt .45 “Peacemaker” revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is at the center of actor Alec Baldwin’s fight to avoid criminal prosecution for the 2021 fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins…
Climate Change Damage Could Cost $38 Trillion Per Year by 2050, Study Finds
April 17 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 research finds, a figure almost certain to rise as human activity emits more greenhouse gases….
Astronomers Detect Milky Way’s Second-Largest Known Black Hole
April 16 By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of…
Losing Hope of Rescue, Some European Solar Firms Head to US
April 15 By Sarah McFarlane and Riham Alkousaa FRIEBERG, Germany (Reuters) – European governments due to move to support their solar power manufacturers this week will be too late to stop solar panel maker Meyer Burger packing up a German factory to send production to…
US House Speaker Mike Johnson Will Try to Pass Israel Aid This Week
April 14 By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he would try to pass aid to Israel this week after Iran’s mass drone and missile attack, but he did not say whether the legislation would also include…
US Assistant Secretary of State Kritenbrink to Visit China April 14-16
April 13 By Eric Beech and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia will visit China starting on Sunday, the State Department said, just days after President Joe Biden held a summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines that…
Exclusive-Spirit AeroSystems Limits Overtime and Hiring as Boeing 737 Output Drops
April 12 By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Boeing’s key supplier Spirit AeroSystems is limiting overtime and hiring as production declines due to lower output of 737 MAX jets, Spirit told Reuters on Friday. Boeing’s MAX jetliner production has fallen sharply in recent weeks as U.S. regulators…
Uber and Lyft Delay Their Plans to Leave Minneapolis
April 11 By Disha Mishra and Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber will extend their services in Minneapolis till July 1, they said on Thursday, after city officials voted a day earlier to push back the start of a driver…
Apple’s New Jersey Store Workers File Petition for Unionization
April 10 By Granth Vanaik and Priyanka G in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Workers at Apple’s store in Short Hills, New Jersey, have filed for union representation, a staff member who is part of the organizing committee said on Wednesday amid a push for unionization across…