Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
At least 17 COVID cases found aboard cruise ship in New Orleans
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - At least 17 COVID-19 cases, including a probable case of the Omicron variant, have been detected among passengers and crew on a cruise ship that disembarked in New Orleans...
Dec 06, 2021
New York City mandates vaccines for all private businesses as Omicron spreads
By Peter Szekely and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City declared on Monday that all private-sector employers must implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their workers, as the highly t...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. Senate agenda includes Biden investment plan, debt limit, voting rights -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate faces a heavy legislative agenda in the remaining weeks of 2021 as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned of possible long sessions to finish President Joe Biden's...
Dec 06, 2021
Biden to warn Putin of economic consequences of Ukraine invasion, says official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will warn Russian President Vladimir Putin of severe economic consequences should Russia go ahead with a threatened invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. a...
Dec 06, 2021
Biden and Putin head into Ukraine talks with scant room for compromise
By Tom Balmforth and Trevor Hunnicutt MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a chasm of mutual distrust to bridge when they hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday in the...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. blacklists individual allegedly providing support to Israeli investor Gertler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on a Democratic Republic of Congo national it accused of providing support to Israeli investor Dan Gertler in action aimed at target...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. slams conviction of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, calls for release – Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday criticized Myanmar's conviction of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi as an affront to democracy and justice, and demanded her immediate release. "The B...
Dec 06, 2021
Trump-linked stocks get a boost after social media venture raises $1 billion
(Reuters) - Shares of a clutch of companies linked to former U.S President Donald Trump rose in premarket trading on Monday, after his new social media venture said it had raised nearly $1 billion fro...
Dec 06, 2021
New York Mayor to issue private sector employer COVID-19 vaccination mandate – MSNBC interview
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday he plans to issue a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector employers that will go into effect on Dec. 27, calling it a "pre-emptive s...
Dec 06, 2021
Factbox: Ten points of tension between Putin and Biden
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak by video link on Tuesday. Since their Geneva summit in June, the list of contentious issues between their two count...
Dec 06, 2021
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