By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said Thursday there is still a chance U.S. regulators could approve the 737 MAX 10 before the end of the year and he thinks the company will win approval for the smaller 737 …
UNICEF names climate activist Vanessa Nakate goodwill ambassador
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. children’s agency UNICEF on Thursday named Vanessa Nakate, a 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist, goodwill ambassador. Inspired by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, Nakate began her climate action in 2019 and has since founded t…
IAEA board passes resolution calling on Russia to leave Zaporizhzhia
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, diplomats at the closed-door meet…
CDC director: U.S. seeing decline in monkeypox new case growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 23,000 cases of monkeypox have been identified across the United States as of Sept. 14 and there is a decline in new cases, U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. Some a…
Anti-immigration election gains divide Sweden, worry rights groups
By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats’ rise to real power after Sunday’s election has civil rights groups and many immigrants worried about what the future might hold in a country long known for toleran…
U.S. railroad strike averted; Biden calls deal a ‘win for America’
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal on Thursday after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have h…
U.N. hopes Armenia, Azerbaijan truce holds, calls for de-escalation
(Reuters) -The United Nations welcomed on Thursday a ceasefire announced between Armenia and Azerbaijan after two days of violence linked to a decades-old dispute between the former Soviet states over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting, wh…
King Charles to host world leaders ahead of Queen’s funeral
By Andrew MacAskill and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Presidents, prime ministers and monarchs from around the world will travel to London over the weekend to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth and attend a reception at Buckingham Palace to be hos…
Prince William says walking behind queen’s coffin brought back memories
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William has told well-wishers that walking behind his grandmother’s coffin had been challenging and had brought back memories, alluding to the day 25 years earlier when, as a boy, he followed his mother’s casket on the way to …
Investors with $39 tln urge govts to plan fossil fuel phase out
(This Sept. 13 story corrects name of group to “Investor Agenda,” not “Investor Alliance,” in last paragraph) By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Investors managing $39 trillion have called on governments to raise their climate am…