Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase further
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly increased last week as a relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operatio...
Dec 17, 2020
For Bosnia, historic Mostar is a test for change
By Daria Sito-Sucic MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - The historic Bosnian town of Mostar, a gem of 15th century Ottoman architecture, has not held an election since 2008. On Sunday it has a chance to shake ...
Dec 17, 2020
Exclusive-New agreement needed to revive Iran nuclear deal under Biden, IAEA chief says
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Reviving Iran's nuclear deal under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would require striking a new agreement setting out how Iran's breaches should be reversed, U.N. ...
Dec 17, 2020
Jean-Luc Brunel, who knew Jeffrey Epstein, in custody in Paris – BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Jean-Luc Brunel - who knew deceased sex offender and U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein - has been placed in custody in Paris, reported BFM TV, citing the Paris prosecutor's de...
Dec 17, 2020
Storm may help U.S. Northeast contain coronavirus but could disrupt vaccine delivery
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - A winter storm that has blasted the U.S. Northeast with snow, rain and gusty winds was likely to dump a foot (30 cm) or more of snow on parts of New England befor...
Dec 17, 2020
Climate change turns up the heat on ad industry
By Andrew R.C. Marshall, Valerie Volcovici and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The avuncular man in the TV ad has an urgent-sounding message from his employer, the oil giant Chevron Corp. "I think renewable e...
Dec 17, 2020
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine faces U.S. FDA expert panel review
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to endorse emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine during a meeting on Thursday, as the nation p...
Dec 17, 2020
Real thing or placebo? My COVID-19 vaccine odyssey continues
By Steve Stecklow LONDON (Reuters) - The subject line on the email I received last week said simply, "Test." It contained the results of a private blood test I had undergone the day before. I opened t...
Dec 17, 2020
Inside a military base in Ethiopia’s Tigray: soldiers decry betrayal by former comrades
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebellious soldiers used government tanks to attack their former comrades in a military base in the first chaotic days of Ethiopia's month-long war in the region of Tigray, acc...
Dec 17, 2020
From Navajo Nation to New Orleans, challenges arise in vaccine roll out
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From the wide-open spaces of a U.S. tribal nation to urban hospital emergency rooms, doctors, nurses and delivery people are wrestling with challenges in the ...
Dec 17, 2020
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