Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. ready for ‘immediate mass shipment’ of COVID-19 vaccines: agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the "immediate mass shipment" of COVID-19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory meas...
Dec 01, 2020
Exclusive: European allies pushed back when Trump sanctioned Iran’s banks
By John O'Donnell and Jonathan Saul FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad, new sanctions against Iran's banks, arg...
Dec 01, 2020
Ethiopia war may turn into guerrilla insurgency
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's nearly month-long war against rebellious northern forces may be transforming into a guerrilla conflict, experts said on Tuesday, even though federal troops d...
Dec 01, 2020
Wall Street set for strong start to December on vaccine optimism
By Shriya Ramakrishnan and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Tuesday as better-than-expected factory data from China and hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will ...
Dec 01, 2020
Analysis: Could COVID knock out flu in Europe this winter?
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - As Europeans brace for a grim winter with the threat of rising COVID-19 infections, minimal numbers of flu cases recorded so far point to a possible silver lining...
Dec 01, 2020
From hate speech to nudity, Facebook’s oversight board picks its first cases
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's independent oversight board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pi...
Dec 01, 2020
After 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November, U.S. pins hope on vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States entered the final month of the year hoping that promising vaccine candidates will soon be approved to halt the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus after 4.2 mi...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. air monitors routinely miss pollution – even refinery explosions
By Tim McLaughlin, Laila Kearney and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna's front door frame out of pl...
Dec 01, 2020
Chefs versus scientists: France’s pandemic fight to keep eating out
By Elizabeth Pineau and Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - "Chez Francoise" is a discreetly located venue near the French parliament whose visitors' book boasts signatures from former leaders includi...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. ‘war on drugs’ in Latin America needs overhaul amid COVID-19 challenges, report says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' anti-drug policy in Latin America needs to change if Washington is to effectively combat a problem worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, a U...
Dec 01, 2020
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