Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. President Biden says not considering new vaccine mandates
NANTUCKET, Mass (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday his administration was not considering new vaccine mandates following the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa, which...
Nov 26, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat for Asia to visit four southeast Asian countries
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia will visit Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand from the weekend after President Joe Biden pledged stepped up enga...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. President Biden calls for intellectual property protection waivers on COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on nations meeting at the World Trade Organization next week to agree to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines ...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. to impose travel curbs on eight southern African countries over new COVID-19 variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will restrict travel to the United States from eight southern African countries effective Monday over concerns about a new COVID-19 variant found in Sou...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. trade chief Tai pushes post-Trump vision for WTO ahead of Geneva talks
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has a vision for reforming the World Trade Organization: rekindling the dynamism that marked its creation in 1995, when c...
Nov 26, 2021
Blinken to visit Latvia, Sweden next week for NATO, OSCE meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Latvia and Sweden next week, the U.S. State Department said on Friday, to attend NATO and Organization for Security and Co-...
Nov 26, 2021
Biden administration to release federal oil leasing review soon – sources
(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department will release a long-awaited report reviewing the environmental costs and economic benefits of the nation's federal oil and gas leasing program as early as Frid...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. health officials discuss COVID-19 variant with South African scientists – Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday federal health officials were in discussions with South African scientists about the new COVID-19 variant d...
Nov 26, 2021
Fearing empty shelves, Black Friday ‘early birds’ head to U.S. stores
By Richa Naidu and Arriana McLymore CHICAGO (Reuters) - With many major U.S. retailers opening their doors to shoppers at 5 a.m. on Friday, early risers ventured out, hoping to find gifts to tuck unde...
Nov 26, 2021
In-person spectators return to New York’s Thanksgiving parade
(Reuters) - Spectators once again lined the streets of Manhattan on Thursday for the 95th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade after last year's spectacle was scaled down and closed to the public bec...
Nov 25, 2021
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