Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. to invest $70 million to boost access to COVID-19 tests
(Reuters) - The Biden administration said it will invest $70 million to boost the availability and lower costs of rapid, over-the-counter COVID-19 tests in the United States, as it looks to ease a nat...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. taps private groups to help resettle Afghan refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department said on Monday it will partner with private groups to help Afghans who have resettled in the United States after Americans pulled out their troops from the ...
Oct 25, 2021
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protective, safe in young children
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine generated a strong immune response and was generally well-tolerated in children aged six to 11 years, and the company plans to submit the dat...
Oct 25, 2021
Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs
By Luiza Ilie and Gleb Stolyarov BUCHAREST/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported a record high number of daily COVID-19 cases and some central European countries imposed fresh restrictions on Monday, as ...
Oct 25, 2021
President Biden to attend ASEAN-U.S. summit on Tuesday
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will attend a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday, the U.S. embassy in Brunei told Reuters. Biden will l...
Oct 25, 2021
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she b...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. to outline Nov. 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to unveil on Monday its detailed rules requiring nearly all foreign air visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting No...
Oct 25, 2021
Microsoft says Russian group has targeted hundreds of U.S. networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Russian-based agency behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on U.S.-based com...
Oct 25, 2021
Capitol Hill drug pricing reform opponents among the biggest beneficiaries of pharma funds
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Democratic Party lawmakers holding up proposed drug pricing reforms are among the largest beneficiaries of the pharmaceutical industry's push to stav...
Oct 25, 2021
With corporate tax off table, U.S. Democrats turn to billionaires to fund spending bill
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are expected to unveil a tax plan on Monday that would seek to raise hundreds of billions of dollars from the country's roughly 700 billionaires to help p...
Oct 25, 2021
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