Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Reluctant partners: French companies resisted home-working as virus surged
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - On the October evening President Emmanuel Macron ordered France back into lockdown, the chief executive of Thales told staff in a memo that anti-COVID measures a...
Dec 03, 2020
How American investors are gobbling up booming bitcoin
By Tom Wilson and Alun John LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin has grabbed headlines this week with its dizzying ascent to an all-time high. Yet, under the radar, a trend has been playing out that c...
Dec 03, 2020
United States issues travel curbs for Chinese Communist Party members: NYT
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday issued new rules to restrict travel by Chinese Communist Party members' and their families' to the United States, the New York Tim...
Dec 03, 2020
Los Angeles city issues remain-at-home order to all residents
(Reuters) - The mayor of the city of Los Angeles announced an emergency order late on Wednesday directing all residents within the city to remain in their homes effective immediately. Mayor Eric Garce...
Dec 02, 2020
Six missing, homes destroyed in Alaska after rain triggers landslides
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Six people were missing in Haines, Alaska, on Wednesday after record rains triggered landslides that destroyed four homes in the mountainous southeast, st...
Dec 02, 2020
Ivanka Trump questioned under oath in lawsuit over use of inauguration funds
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and adviser, was questioned under oath this week as part of a civil lawsuit alleging misuse of nonprofit funds for Donald Trump's inaugu...
Dec 02, 2020
The new black gold? Big Oil bets on retail networks in an electric era
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - For Big Oil, coffee and chocolate could be the new black gold. Under pressure from investors and governments alike to cut emissions, major European oil companies are p...
Dec 02, 2020
Asian investors anticipate modest rise in markets after mixed day on Wall Street
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Asia were expecting small gains on Thursday, after Wall Street booked a choppy day due in part to a disappointing private jobs report indicating s...
Dec 02, 2020
Chinese researchers quit U.S.; agents target Biden team: U.S. officials
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States amid a U.S. crackdown on alleged technology theft, top U.S. security officials said on Wednesda...
Dec 02, 2020
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing has died: Europe 1 radio
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died, France's Europe 1 radio reported on Wednesday. Giscard, who was 94 and was France's leader from 1974 to 1981, had recently ...
Dec 02, 2020
