Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Protesters return to French streets to denounce police violence; tear gas fired
PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands protested in Paris on Saturday to denounce police violence and President Emmanuel Macron's security policy plans which the demonstrators say would crimp civil liberties. In...
Dec 05, 2020
Thousands pay tribute to Thai royals amid calls for reform
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered in Bangkok on Saturday to show their devotion to the Thai monarchy on the birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's late father, after months of street pr...
Dec 05, 2020
Trump campaigns for Georgia’s Republican senators – but will that help or hurt?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will stump on Saturday for Republican U.S. senators in Georgia facing January runoffs, but some in his party worry he may do more harm than good if he s...
Dec 05, 2020
Tesla says Black people hold just 4% of its U.S. leadership roles
(Reuters) - Black employees make up just 4% of Tesla Inc's American leadership roles and 10% of its total workforce in the country, the electric carmaker has disclosed in its first U.S. diversity repo...
Dec 05, 2020
Bahrain says it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, state news agency BNA reported, disavowing comments made by the Gulf sta...
Dec 05, 2020
British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday to try to break an impasse in trade talks with time running out bef...
Dec 05, 2020
EU’s Barnier says still looking for a way to do UK trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Saturday he would continue to look for a way to do a trade deal with Britain, but was non-committal on the chances of br...
Dec 05, 2020
Moscow starts mass COVID-19 vaccination with its Sputnik V shot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia's first mass vaccination against the disease, the city's coronavirus task force said...
Dec 05, 2020
Revamped, less political, UNESCO sets sights on tricky U.S. return
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Four years after the United States quit UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, over accusations of anti-Israel bias, diplomats say the Paris-based body has manage...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis
By Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, w...
Dec 05, 2020
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