Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. CDC reports 280,135 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 14,462,527 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 206,992 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Dec 06, 2020
Netflix declines to flag up to viewers that The Crown is fiction, UK media reports
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. streaming platform Netflix has rejected a call from Britain's culture minister to add disclaimers at the start of episodes of its hit series "The Crown" to make clear that it i...
Dec 06, 2020
Republican Senator Loeffler faces Warnock in Georgia runoff debate
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler faces off with Democratic challenger Reverend Raphael Warnock on Sunday in what is likely to be their final debate befor...
Dec 06, 2020
Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots could be shipped within 24 hours after Canadian approval
TORONTO (Reuters) - Shipment of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada could start within 24 hours after Canadian health authorities approve the shots, a top official of pharmaceutical company BioNTech told CBC ...
Dec 06, 2020
Thousands protest in London against India’s farming reforms
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in central London on Sunday over Indian agricultural reforms that have triggered mass demonstrations in India. A crowd of demonstrators converged on th...
Dec 06, 2020
U.S. states scramble to curb COVID-19 without national leadership
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Individual U.S. states scrambled on Sunday to impose lockdowns to stem coronavirus spikes amid a lack of national leadership on how to curb infections until vaccines are widely av...
Dec 06, 2020
Mastercard to investigate allegations against Pornhub
(Reuters) - Mastercard Inc said on Sunday it was investigating allegations against Pornhub.com following a newspaper column which said many videos posted on the adult website depicted child abuse. The...
Dec 06, 2020
Tabaré Vázquez: Humble oncologist who rose to be Uruguay’s president
By Fabian Werner MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Tabar Vzquez, an oncologist who became the first centre-left politician to be elected president of Uruguay and won popularity for a mix of pro-business policies...
Dec 06, 2020
Biden to meet with U.S. vaccine adviser Slaoui this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief adviser for U.S. efforts on coronavirus vaccines said on Sunday he planned to meet with President-elect Joe Biden this week to discuss coronavirus vaccines as they are...
Dec 06, 2020
Family of children’s author Roald Dahl apologise for anti-Semitic remarks
LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Roald Dahl, late author of children's classics such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", has apologised for anti-Semitic remarks he made, saying the comments were "...
Dec 06, 2020
