Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
India’s Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an ...
Dec 25, 2020
Explainer: The new coronavirus variant in South Africa – Are concerns justified?
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has identified a new variant of the novel coronavirus, which authorities believe is driving a surge in COVID-19 infections that could overwhelm its healthcare sys...
Dec 25, 2020
Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol taken in for police questioning – ally
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police raided the home of opposition activist Lyubov Sobol early on Friday and then took her in for questioning, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters said. Naval...
Dec 25, 2020
Trial of HK people detained in China from Monday, supporters say
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ten of 12 Hong Kong people captured by China at sea as they tried to flee by boat four months ago will go on trial in the mainland city of Shenzhen on Monday, supporters said on ...
Dec 25, 2020
U.S. will impose COVID-19 screening requirement for UK flights – CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns...
Dec 24, 2020
Ohio police chief urges dismissal of officer for fatal shooting of Black man
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The chief of police in Columbus, Ohio, said on Thursday he has concluded that an officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man earlier this week engaged in an act of "sense...
Dec 24, 2020
California brush fire at U.S. Marine base forces evacuation of 7,000-plus residents
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wind-driven flames racing through miles of dry brush on a U.S. Marine Corps base in Southern California prompted the evacuation of more than 7,000 residents on Thursday from ne...
Dec 24, 2020
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch sold for knockdown price
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famed Neverland Ranch in California has finally sold, more than 10 years after the death of the pop star who abandoned the property following his trial on cha...
Dec 24, 2020
Santa on his way, vaccinated and free of quarantine restrictions – U.S. officials
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Santa Claus, vaccinated against COVID-19 and free of quarantine restrictions mere mortals face, was making his annual jaunt across the globe on Christmas Eve and being ...
Dec 24, 2020
Explainer: Can anything stop Trump from pardoning his family or even himself?
By Jan Wolfe President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the most important convictions from U.S. Sp...
Dec 24, 2020
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