Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500, lowest since 2001: Pentagon
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday. In November, ...
Jan 15, 2021
Internal watchdog to probe how Justice Department prepared before Capitol riots
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog will review how the FBI and other law enforcement agencies prepared and responded to the storming of the U.S. C...
Jan 15, 2021
As inauguration nears, law enforcement scrutiny drives U.S. extremists into internet’s dark corners
By Julia Harte, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after rampaging Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a fan of the president posted a ...
Jan 15, 2021
Factbox: U.S. president-elect Biden pledged to change immigration. Here’s how
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has promised a quick and dramatic reversal of the restrictive immigration policies put in place by his predecessor President Donald Trump. Whil...
Jan 15, 2021
France’s Total quits top U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - France's Total on Friday became the first major energy company to quit the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby because of differences over climate policies. Total said in a...
Jan 15, 2021
Citigroup quarterly profit beats estimates as loan loss provisions slow
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc reported a 7% decline in fourth-quarter profit on Friday but beat Wall Street expectations, as an improving economic outlook allowed it to release cash it had previously set ...
Jan 15, 2021
Wells Fargo records surprise quarterly profit
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co reported a surprise quarterly profit on Friday, as stabilizing credit costs helped offset the hit from low-interest rates meant to prop up the ailing economy during the CO...
Jan 15, 2021
Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte collectively resigned on Friday over its mismanagement of childcare subsidies, national broadcaster NOS reported. Rutte was to i...
Jan 15, 2021
Biden taps former deputy CIA director David Cohen for spy agency again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday continued to fill out top roles for his administration, naming former Deputy CIA Director David Cohen to reprise his role at the U.S. in...
Jan 15, 2021
Family of Lockerbie bomber lose posthumous appeal against his conviction
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270, have failed to overturn his convic...
Jan 15, 2021
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