Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
A lawyer, a teacher, six kids: one New Jersey family’s coronavirus diary
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Kelly Newman, a family law attorney, used to leave her New Jersey home at 7 a.m. and return 12 hours later, but since the pandemic made school partly virtual for three of...
Dec 08, 2020
Moment may come to end post-Brexit EU trade talks, says UK PM Johnson
By Paul Sandle and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday there may be a time when Britain should call an end to post-Brexit trade talks, a day after agreein...
Dec 08, 2020
Masked dolls and anti-virus lab kits – toys reflect Spain and Portugal’s Coronavirus Christmas
By Emma Pinedo and Catarina Demony MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) - Children in Spain and Portugal could find that their Christmas presents this year reflect the coronavirus pandemic as dolls wearing face ma...
Dec 08, 2020
Good luck finding a PlayStation 5: Walmart and other retailers battle ‘bots’ snatching up hot products
By Richa Naidu and Melissa Fares CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven times last month, Benjamin Karmis, a 26-year-old priest from Wheaton, Illinois, failed to get his hands on the latest Sony PlayStati...
Dec 08, 2020
China says will take firm countermeasures after U.S. sanctions on officials
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it would take firm countermeasures after the United States imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over a crackdown in Hong Kong. The U.S. move to sanction Chi...
Dec 08, 2020
Analysis: In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's not only the weather that might come as a shock when the World Economic Forum moves from Davos, the Swiss ski resort after which it tak...
Dec 08, 2020
British grandma is first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial following its clinical ap...
Dec 08, 2020
Spain’s recovering rural rentals a sign of hope for Airbnb
By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - During a surreal summer in Spain, Perla Requejo saw so much demand for the Atlantic coastal apartment she had been unable to rent on Airbnb during lockdown that she l...
Dec 08, 2020
Analysis: Second COVID-19 wave tests Turkey’s commitment to austerity, higher rates
By Berna Suleymanoglu, Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 infections and the prospect of another economic downturn could sorely test Turkish President Tayyip Erdoga...
Dec 07, 2020
Big carbon? Oil majors turn to nature to help plug revenue gap
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Oil companies such as BP and Shell are nurturing nature as a future revenue stream, betting on an expected rise in carbon credit prices as their fossil fuel profi...
Dec 07, 2020
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