Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants -study
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the U...
Jan 07, 2021
China study says Wuhan COVID infections 3 times higher than official figure
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, could be around three times the official figure, acco...
Jan 07, 2021
Japan says South Korean court ruling on comfort women is regrettable
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's chief government spokesman said on Friday that a South Korean court ruling ordering damages to be paid to so-called "comfort women" was regrettable and unacceptable. The issu...
Jan 07, 2021
Hacking victim SolarWinds hires ex-Homeland Security official Krebs as consultant
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The company used by hackers as a springboard for the worst-known breach of U.S. government computers in at least five years has hired some of the biggest names...
Jan 07, 2021
Bitcoin falls 5% to $37,507 on Bitstamp exchange
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell more than 5% on Friday, a day after topping $40,000 for the first time. The world's most popular digital currency fell as low as $36,750 on Bitstamp exchange, after reac...
Jan 07, 2021
Factbox: Bombings, shootings, beatings – U.S. Capitol’s history of violence
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The storming of the halls of Congress by President Donald Trump's supporters marks the latest episode of violence to darken the U.S. Capitol in a history dating back to a B...
Jan 07, 2021
Hyundai Motor shares surge 17.5% on report of battery tie-up with Apple
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of Hyundai Motor Co surged as much as 17.5% to 242,000 won ($221.35) on Friday on a media report of cooperation between South Korean automaker and Apple Inc on developing elec...
Jan 07, 2021
Asian stocks jump as revived recovery hopes push Wall St to new highs
By Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks opened higher on Friday, with Japan hitting a three-decade high as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United ...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police chief resigns after pro-Trump mob breaches building: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said on Thursday he would resign effective Jan. 16, according to a letter cited by news outlets, a day after supporters of President Donald...
Jan 07, 2021
FCC chairman will not move to set new U.S. social media rules sought by Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai will not move forward to set any new rules sought by outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump to limit key social media lia...
Jan 07, 2021
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