Explainer-Canada wildfire season is heating up: Here's what to know
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024, which sparked into life after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Wildfire season in Canada typica...
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Asia's extreme April heat worsened by climate change, scientists say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse - and more likely - as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said on Wednesday. Billions of people across the continent were...
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Investigators say cargo ship that hit Maryland bridge lost electric power several times before incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal investigators said on Tuesday the Dali cargo ship lost electrical power several times including the day before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, killing six people. The National Transportation ...
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Wildfire forces evacuation of four suburbs of western Canada oil town
(Reuters) - People in four suburbs of the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray in Alberta were ordered to evacuate on Tuesday due to an approaching wildfire, the local authority said. The huge fire has gradually been moving closer to the city a...
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US FDIC's Gruenberg to create office to address workplace conduct issues
By Douglas Gillison and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to tell Congress he will establish a new, independent office devoted to professional conduct after an external review found co...
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US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners were required to blend into the nation's fuel mix from 2020 through 2022, rejec...
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Last summer, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained power grids in China, it was not just the warmest summer on record, but the hottest one in some 2,000 years,...
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White House's Sullivan to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah, stoking fears of additional civil...
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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing
By Nate Raymond HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who pleaded guilty to leaking classified military documents on topics including the war in Ukraine, is slated to appea...
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Maryland sets course for offshore wind energy expansion with new legislation
(Reuters) - Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a bill aimed at reevaluating and potentially revising existing offshore wind project plans, setting the stage for the state's goal of achieving 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2031....
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US states sue over EEOC's policy on transgender workers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 states filed the complaint...
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Jury selection to resume in US Senator Menendez's corruption trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury selection is expected to resume on Tuesday in U.S. Senator Robert Menendez's corruption trial, over what federal prosecutors called a years-long bribery scheme to help foreign governments, disrupt crimi...
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Florida bus crash kills eight, leaves eight critically injured
(Reuters) -Eight people were killed and eight critically injured when a bus carrying laborers crashed in northern Florida on Tuesday, a Marion County Fire Rescue spokesperson said. The workers were headed to Cannon Farms in Dunnellon, a small farming ...
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US airlines forecast record 2024 summer travel, up 6.3% over 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. airlines forecast record summer travel with carriers expected to transport 271 million passengers, up 6.3%. Airlines for America said Tuesday that U.S. carriers plan to fly more than 26,000 dai...
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Three men to plead guilty in the killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger
(Reuters) - Three men accused in the beating death of one of Boston's most notorious mobsters, James "Whitey" Bulger, have reached plea deals with federal prosecutors over their roles in the 2018 killing inside a federal prison, according to court ...
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US House Speaker Johnson to join Republican parade at Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will join former President Donald Trump at his hush money trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. Johnson, the top Republican in Con...
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Inaugural Africa clean cooking summit sees $2.2 billion pledged
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A push to provide clean cooking options for the more than 1 billion people in Africa who currently rely on fuels such as charcoal and wood has raised $2.2 billion in pledges from governments and the private sector...
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As pollution kills, Africa needs billions for climate-ready stoves
By Bukola Adebayo LAGOS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite her well-honed sales pitch, Aanu Ajayi is often met by scepticism when out selling energy-efficient stoves in the Nigerian city of Lagos - highlighting some of the hurdles Africa faces ...
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Trump's former fixer Cohen to resume testifying about hush money deal with porn star
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen will resume testifying on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial, a day after telling jurors that Trump personally auth...
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The water tanker drivers who keep 'India's Silicon Valley' Bengaluru going
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Basavaraj, a water tanker driver in India's tech hub Bengaluru, has to leave home by 6:30 a.m. each day to collect enough water for his customers, who now depend on his services for a very basic need. Residents of the southern...
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Countries make late bid to salvage EU's nature law
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of 11 countries, led by Ireland, has made a last-ditch attempt to approve the EU's flagship policy to restore damaged nature, amid concerns the law could be shelved following EU elections in June. The law...
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US opens probe into Alphabet's Waymo over performance of self-driving vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into the performance of Alphabet's Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports of its robotaxis exhibiting driving behavior that potentially violated tr...
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Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on billions in Chinese chips, cars
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an el...
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EU finalises investment fund labels to combat greenwashing
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's securities watchdog confirmed on Tuesday final guidelines on when investment funds can label themselves as being 'sustainable' without being accused of greenwashing. Trillions of dollars globally...
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Australian weather bureau sees 50% chance of La Nina this year
CANBERRA (Reuters) - There are early signs that a La Nina weather event may form in the Pacific Ocean later this year, Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday. A La Nina would have significant consequences for global agriculture because it typic...
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