Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
S.Korea scrambles jets as Chinese, Russian aircraft enter air defence zone
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into South Korea's air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft. ...
Dec 22, 2020
EU to get 12.5 million doses of BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by year-end
ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer will supply 12.5 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by the end of the year, the German company said on Tuesday...
Dec 22, 2020
Blockchain firm Ripple plans to fight approaching U.S. SEC lawsuit
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ripple, the blockchain payments company associated with the cryptocurrency XRP, said on Tuesday it would oppose a lawsuit against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio...
Dec 22, 2020
Bethlehem’s other children, and the home that cares for them
By Nuha Sharaf and Stephen Farrell BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Walk out of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, across Manger Square and along Star Street and you come to a part of town where few ...
Dec 22, 2020
Israel set for snap election as budget deadline nears
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday was on course for a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main governing partner, Benny Gantz, ...
Dec 22, 2020
UK and France working to lift border closure, British minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is working with France in an attempt to find a way to lift border closures that have snarled one of Europe's most important trade r...
Dec 22, 2020
Analysis: Vaccine bond sales to soar to fund COVID-19 shots for poor countries
By Karin Strohecker and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the ...
Dec 22, 2020
On Congo’s muddy trails, lessons for a global COVID vaccine rollout
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018, health officials had to act fast - the city was connected via regular boat service to the spraw...
Dec 22, 2020
Google, Facebook agreed to team up against possible antitrust action, draft lawsuit says – WSJ
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google agreed to "cooperate and assist one another" in case of an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, the Wall Street Jour...
Dec 22, 2020
Airbus to lose over $5 billion in orders under AirAsia X’s proposed restructuring
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE said it stands to lose more than $5 billion worth of aircraft orders if AirAsia X Bhd's (AAX) debt restructuring scheme goes through,...
Dec 22, 2020
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