Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden’s options for Russian hacking punishment: sanctions, cyber retaliation
By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Lawder and Daphne Psaledakis WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role i...
Dec 20, 2020
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine shots leave warehouses, widening U.S. push to immunize
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Trucks and planes loaded with doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine are expected on Sunday to leave warehouses en route for healthcare facilities around the United Stat...
Dec 20, 2020
Vive la difference: COVID rules divide adjacent French, Swiss ski resorts
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHATEL, France/LES CROSETS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Like other French ski resorts, the Alpine town of Chatel has been forced to close its lifts over the Christm...
Dec 20, 2020
Facebook removes anti-vaccine ‘fake news’ in Israel, government says
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme, the Just...
Dec 20, 2020
Graphic: A (markets) journal of the plague year
By Marc Jones and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Last December the first infection with the new coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization. Twelve months later, as the charts below ...
Dec 20, 2020
‘You will die in the forest’ – Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal
By Seun Sanni and Ismail Abba KANKARA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid...
Dec 20, 2020
Nine dead as Kabul car bombing targets Afghan lawmaker
KABUL (Reuters) - A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said. Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured including wo...
Dec 20, 2020
Santa Claus bikers parade in Tokyo against child abuse
By Akira Tomoshige TOKYO (Reuters) - Harley Davidson bikers dressed in Santa Claus costumes rode through the streets of central Tokyo on Sunday for their annual parade against child abuse, saying more...
Dec 20, 2020
Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a $900 billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a late-night compromise to clear one of the f...
Dec 20, 2020
Republicans, Democrats reach agreement clearing way for virus relief vote: WSJ
(Reuters) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-calls-on-congress-to...
Dec 19, 2020
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