Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
France’s new coronavirus infections up as vaccine roll out begins
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 8,822 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, sharply up from Saturday's 3,093 as the country, in unison with most of the EU,...
Dec 27, 2020
FBI visits real estate office where Nashville blast suspect worked -local media
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - FBI agents investigating the Nashville motor home explosion have visited a real estate agency where a person of interest in the bombing had worked on computers, local medi...
Dec 27, 2020
South Africa’s total COVID-19 cases cross 1 million mark amid second wave
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's total coronavirus infections since the first case in March crossed a million on Sunday, its Health Ministry said. The grim milestone comes just nine days after ...
Dec 27, 2020
Turkey says delivery of Sinovac vaccines postponed due to COVID-19 case in Beijing customs
ANKARA (Reuters) - The delivery of the first shipment of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine from China to Turkey has been postponed "1-2 days" due to a case of the coronavirus in Beijing customs, Turkish Heal...
Dec 27, 2020
Uganda’s Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed by police; three reporters hurt
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine said one of his bodyguards was killed on Sunday when police ran him over while Wine's convoy was taking a journalist injured b...
Dec 27, 2020
Despite hi-tech advances, many Europeans wary of taking COVID shot
By Joanna Plucinska and Tsvetelia Tsolova WARSAW/SOFIA (Reuters) - Europe rolled out a huge COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday to try to rein in the coronavirus pandemic but many Europeans are scept...
Dec 27, 2020
Israel speeds vaccines, locks down in hope of March exit from pandemic
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said may...
Dec 27, 2020
Factbox-What happens if the U.S. government runs out of money on Monday?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's threat not to sign a $2.3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid program and threatens a partial f...
Dec 27, 2020
BMW aims for 20% of its vehicles to be electric by 2023 -paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to step up its production of electric vehicles, Chief Executive Oliver Zipse told German daily Augsburger Allgemeine. "We are significantly...
Dec 27, 2020
Cold chain doubts delay COVID-19 vaccinations in some German cities
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after medical staff found potential irregularities in the cooling of the shot produced by BioN...
Dec 27, 2020
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