Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pope reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church's New Year services, and made no mention of his ailment as he delivered his traditio...
Jan 01, 2021
India’s drug regulator approves AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine: sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Re...
Jan 01, 2021
Witness detentions cast shadow over Egyptian ‘MeToo’ movement
CAIRO (Reuters) - Student Seif Bedour wanted to support his friend, a witness in a high-profile rape case, by accompanying her to a Cairo police station when she was brought in by officers on Aug. 28 ...
Jan 01, 2021
After a year of loss, patients ring in 2021 from Houston COVID-19 ward
By Callaghan O'Hare and Nathan Layne HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight Duc Nguyen sat up in his hospital bed for a video call with his wife. The glow of a television and a street lamp outside...
Jan 01, 2021
AstraZeneca COVID vaccine set to become first one approved in India – sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's drug regulator is set to approve on Friday a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, three sources with knowledge of the mat...
Jan 01, 2021
BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps – Spiegel
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their COVID-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would be gaps in supply until oth...
Jan 01, 2021
Iran commander vows ‘resistance’ a year after Soleimani killing
(Reuters) - The U.S. killing of top general Qassem Soleimani will not deter Iranian resistance, a senior commander said on Friday as tensions mounted in the build-up to the first anniversary of the dr...
Jan 01, 2021
African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain
By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic...
Jan 01, 2021
Record-setting ‘bomb cyclone’ batters Alaska’s Aleutian Islands with hurricane force
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A Pacific storm of record proportions swept a remote stretch of Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain on Thursday, battering a region used heavily by commercial...
Dec 31, 2020
NYSE says starting process to delist 3 China telco companies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chiense telecom companies, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Mobile Limited and China U...
Dec 31, 2020
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