Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Asian shares at all-time highs on U.S. stimulus, vaccine hopes
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - A gauge of Asian shares hit a record peak on Monday on hopes of a much-needed U.S. stimulus package before year-end just as coronavirus vaccines roll out, while oil ...
Dec 06, 2020
EU to consider making good on sanctions threat against Turkey
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU foreign ministers will evaluate grounds for sanctions against Turkey over a Mediterranean gas dispute on Monday before the bloc's leaders decide whether to make...
Dec 06, 2020
Biden to nominate California AG Xavier Becerra for health secretary
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as secretary of health and human services, a person familiar with the ...
Dec 06, 2020
China’s Sinovac secures $500 million in funding for COVID-19 vaccine development
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Sinovac Biotech said on Monday that it had secured approximately $500 million in funding for COVID-19 vaccine development. In a statement on its website, the company said ...
Dec 06, 2020
Biden to pick Xavier Becerra to lead Health and Human Services: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee for secretary of health and human services, the New York Times reported on Sunday,...
Dec 06, 2020
Federal agency finds no wrongdoing in Kodak loan: report
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - A federal agency found no wrongdoing concerning the stalled U.S. government loan to Eastman Kodak Co, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The inspector general for t...
Dec 06, 2020
Google removes some IAC browser extensions for ‘policy violations’
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Sunday it has removed a number of browser extensions of online conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp for "policy violations" and is reviewing "e...
Dec 06, 2020
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tested positive for coronavirus, Trump says
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Trump said on Twitter on Sunday. "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greate...
Dec 06, 2020
Insecurity holds up aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers say
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region is too volatile for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in need, humanitarian workers said on Sunday, amid reports of pers...
Dec 06, 2020
Foley-backed blank-check acquisition firm nears $9 billion Paysafe deal: sources
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blank-check acquisition firm backed by veteran investor Bill Foley is nearing a deal to merge with Paysafe, valuing the U.S. payments company at around $9 billio...
Dec 06, 2020
