Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Traffic rises at U.S. airports as 3.2 million screened over weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened more than 1 million airline passengers for the first time since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic d...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. health official says ‘everything on table’ about possible UK travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir on Monday said that it was possible the United States would ban travel from the United Kingdom as a new variant of the deadly corona...
Dec 21, 2020
Explainer-The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of whic...
Dec 21, 2020
Trump administration cuts size of Arctic land offered for oil auction
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - In a last-minute change, the Trump administration cut about 30 percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge territory that it plans to auction off for o...
Dec 21, 2020
Special Report-Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision
By Pak Yiu and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - In the tiny kitchen of a Hong Kong high-rise apartment, the air was heavy with the aromas of a mother making her daughter's favorite childhood dishe...
Dec 21, 2020
Futures tumble on fears over new coronavirus strain
By Devik Jain and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Monday as fears over a new strain of the coronavirus that has shut down much of Britain overshadowed a $900 billion stimu...
Dec 21, 2020
World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori DOVER, England (Reuters) - More countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, ca...
Dec 21, 2020
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island
(Reuters) - The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted on Sunday night, according to an advisory from the United States Geological Survey, followed by an earthquake that struck at the volcano'...
Dec 21, 2020
As Trump pushes baseless fraud claims, Republicans pledge tougher voting rules
By Joseph Tanfani and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trump's baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting. A...
Dec 21, 2020
Inside J&J’s Latam COVID vaccine trial, a rush to recruit is followed by disappointment
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Earlier this month, Johnson & Johnson abruptly called for an end to enrollment in its coronavirus vaccine trial and told scientists from six Latin American countr...
Dec 21, 2020
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