Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Africa crosses 2.5 million COVID-19 cases – Reuters tally
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa crossed 2.5 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as a second wave of infections hits the continent. Countries s...
Dec 19, 2020
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 75 million
By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham (Reuters) - Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 75 million mark on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as several nations around the world begin vaccinating a...
Dec 19, 2020
Britain, EU continue post-Brexit trade talks as deadline looms
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union continued trade talks in Brussels on Saturday, without giving word on any progress made in resolving disagreements over fishing right...
Dec 19, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 312,636 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 17,391,270 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 403,359 from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Dec 19, 2020
UK says new coronavirus strain is more infectious, but vaccines should still work
LONDON (Reuters) - A new strain of coronavirus identified in the United Kingdom is up to 70% more infectious but it is not thought to be more deadly and vaccines should still be effective, Prime Minis...
Dec 19, 2020
Trump downplays impact of massive breach of government computer systems – tweet
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the U.S. government downplayed the seriousness and impact of the cyber espionage...
Dec 19, 2020
Moderna begins distributing second COVID-19 vaccine – U.S. army general
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc and partners have begun distributing its COVID-19 vaccine with trucks expected to start rolling out to more than 3,700 U.S. locations on Sunday, U.S. Army General Gustave Perna...
Dec 19, 2020
Explainer-Russia’s potent cyber and information warfare capabilities
By Andrew Osborn and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U...
Dec 19, 2020
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio’s son killed in car crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates LP founder Ray Dalio's 42-year-old son has died in a car crash, Dalio said in a Twitter post late on Friday. Bridgewater is one of the world's largest hedge...
Dec 19, 2020
New COVID-19 strain spreads more quickly, UK medical chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - A new strain of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom can spread more quickly and urgent work is under way to confirm that it does not cause a higher mortality rate, England's C...
Dec 19, 2020
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