Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ethiopia’s PM says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed more than 100 people in the area...
Dec 24, 2020
Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future
(Reuters) - Lives that had been focussed on school, university, sports or even going to K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck. While a lot was heard abou...
Dec 24, 2020
Frightening drive through South Dakota blizzard caught on camera
(Reuters) - A video taken by a meteorologist in South Dakota and posted to social media on Wednesday shows twenty seconds of a frightening drive through a heavy blizzard. A thick grey fills the view i...
Dec 23, 2020
‘Balloon boy’ parents pardoned by Colorado governor over 2009 hoax
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The husband and wife who pleaded guilty to criminal charges for staging the 2009 "balloon boy" hoax, creating a global media sensation with a false report that thei...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ state, local governments
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is "impacting" state and local governm...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump gives awards to top aides for Arab-Israeli deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gave national security awards on Wednesday to several top advisers for their role in helping broker agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Isra...
Dec 23, 2020
Lawsuit challenges Trump’s lifting of roadless rule in Alaska’s Tongass forest
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A coalition of Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists filed suit on Wednesday challenging a new Trump administration policy that opens vast swaths of ...
Dec 23, 2020
China launches probe into Alibaba for suspected monopolistic behaviour
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched an investigation into Alibaba Group for suspected monopolistic behaviour, regulators said on Thursday. Regulators had previously warned the e-commerce g...
Dec 23, 2020
On the cusp of Brexit trade deal, EU and UK hash out final details
By Gabriela Baczynska, Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
By Steve Holland PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, associate Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, a real estate dev...
Dec 23, 2020
