Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV channel on Sunday. "He said he ...
Dec 27, 2020
German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 200 kilometers to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe. The 20-year...
Dec 27, 2020
‘The beginning of the end’: Europe rolls out vaccines to see off pandemic
By Isla Binnie and Giselda Vagnoni MADRID/ROME (Reuters) - Europe launched a massive vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to take the first shots to see off the COVID-19 pa...
Dec 27, 2020
Brexit offers Britain chance to do financial services differently -minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit offers Britain a chance to do things differently in financial services, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday, but a trade deal with the European Union gives reassuranc...
Dec 27, 2020
Turkish parliament passes associations oversight law that critics say will stifle NGOs
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament passed a law on Sunday that would ramp up oversight of foundations and associations and, according to rights groups including Amnesty International, risks limiti...
Dec 27, 2020
U.S. jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) - When the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to...
Dec 26, 2020
Bangladesh set to move second batch of Rohingya refugees to remote island: officials
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials sa...
Dec 26, 2020
Three killed, three injured in Illinois bowling alley shooting: media reports
(Reuters) - Three people were killed and three injured in a Saturday night shooting at a bowling alley in Rockford, Illinois, local media reported, citing police. A person of interest was reported to ...
Dec 26, 2020
NY health network faces criminal investigation over unauthorized COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - New York State Health officials said on Saturday they are investigating a Brooklyn-based healthcare provider on suspicion it violated state guidelines for distribution of COVID-19 vaccine....
Dec 26, 2020
Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger votes in an election on Sunday that is expected to lead to the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country reeling fr...
Dec 26, 2020
