Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. EPA finalizing first-ever airplane emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday will finalize the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes, a spokeswoman told R...
Dec 28, 2020
Novavax starts late-stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine in United States
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc has begun a large late-stage study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, the drug developer said on Monday, after delaying the trial twice due to issues in...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. screens 1.28 million people at U.S. airports
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.28 million passengers on Sunday at U.S. airports, the highest number since mid-March, when ...
Dec 28, 2020
UK PM Johnson says trade deal is new starting point for EU relationship
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed Britain's trade deal with the European Union as a new starting point for relations with the bloc in a call with the President of the European C...
Dec 28, 2020
S&P, Nasdaq futures at record levels as Trump signs stimulus aid bill
By Devik Jain and Supriya R (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were at record levels on Monday as President Donald Trump's move to sign into law a long-awaited $2.3 trillion pande...
Dec 28, 2020
Analysis: Europe plots catch-up in global 5G race to drive COVID-19 recovery
By Supantha Mukherjee and Isla Binnie STOCKHOLM/MADRID (Reuters) - 2021 could be a do-or-die year for Europe's efforts to catch up with China and the United States in rolling out super-fast fifth-gene...
Dec 28, 2020
EU ambassadors approve provisional application of Brexit trade deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ambassadors of European Union governments in Brussels approved on Monday the provisional application from Jan 1, 2021 of the EU-Britain trade deal struck last week. "EU Ambassador...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. fliers less familiar with Boeing 737 MAX crashes two years on, but wary when reminded: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn and Tracy Rucinski NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - With the passage of time, Americans are less familiar with two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, but if they are made aware of those disasters...
Dec 28, 2020
Piecemeal data releases threaten to undermine Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Fragmental releases of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac could undermine confidence in the shot, experts warned, as several countries pr...
Dec 28, 2020
Indian state probing if protesting farmers sabotaged telecom infrastructure
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Authorities in India's northern state of Punjab are investigating whether protesting farmers were disrupting power supply to hundreds of telecom towers, a state official said on Mon...
Dec 28, 2020
