Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘We’re starving’: U.S.-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown
By Luis Echeverria VADO HONDO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Hundreds of Honduran migrants huddled overnight on a highway in eastern Guatemala after domestic security forces used sticks and tear gas to halt t...
Jan 18, 2021
Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain, rights groups say
By Raya Jalabi DUBAI (Reuters) - Five people who committed crimes in Saudi Arabia as minors have yet to have their death sentences revoked, according to two rights groups, nine months after the kingdo...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan PM Suga: Will exhaust all means to protect pandemic-hit medical system
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the country's medical system, as hospitals creak u...
Jan 17, 2021
Samsung’s Lee receives two-and-a-half year jail term from Seoul court
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Seoul High Court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to a two-and-a-half year jail term, the court said on Monday. Lee, 52, was convicted of bribing ...
Jan 17, 2021
South Korea’s Moon urges Biden admin to follow up on Kim, Trump summit
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should hold talks with North Korea to build on progress that President Donald Tr...
Jan 17, 2021
Sulawesi quake death toll at 81 as Indonesia battles series of disasters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 81 people and displaced more than 19,000, the country's disaster mitigation agency said,...
Jan 17, 2021
Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations...
Jan 17, 2021
China environmental groups slam plan to dam key lake on Yangtze river
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese conservationists have slated a plan to dam a key flood outlet for the Yangtze river, the Poyang lake, fearing a hammer blow for an already fragile ecosyst...
Jan 17, 2021
China’s fourth quarter GDP growth beats forecast, ends 2020 in solid position after COVID-19 shock
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of last year, ending a rough coronavirus-striken 2020 in remarkably good shape and remained solidly poised...
Jan 17, 2021
Asia shares step back, await China economic update
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets retreated from highs on Monday as disappointing news on U.S. consumer spending tempered risk sentiment ahead of a closely-watched reading on the he...
Jan 17, 2021
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