Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Women’s movement sweeps Latin America to loosen abortion restrictions
By Daina Beth Solomon and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Several weeks pregnant and about to start a job away from home, Lupita Ruiz had no doubts about wanting to end her pre...
Dec 01, 2020
France to seek immediate EU riposte if U.S. punishes French digital tax
PARIS (Reuters) - France will immediately seek EU retaliation if Washington goes ahead in January with planned trade sanctions over a French tax on digital services, French Finance Minister Bruno Le M...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. congressional hearing likely to spotlight Powell, Mnuchin split over pandemic lending
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appear together before a congressional panel on Tuesday in a hearing likely to...
Dec 01, 2020
Biden shortlist for White House key environmental post shows focus on environmental justice
By Valerie Volcovici and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is vetting three environmental justice leaders to head up the White House agency that will take the lead in co...
Dec 01, 2020
Pfizer-BioNTech apply for EU emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have applied to the European drugs regulator for conditional authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine, following similar steps in the United States and Bri...
Dec 01, 2020
Volkswagen faces leadership crisis as CEO demands vote of confidence
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen, the world's largest vehicle maker by sales, risked a leadership crisis on Tuesday after Chief Executive Herbert Diess forced a vote of confidence in his reform effort...
Dec 01, 2020
Analysis: COVID-19 worsens Europe’s inequalities in yet another way – the fertility gap
By Catarina Demony and Gavin Jones LISBON/ROME (Reuters) - "It's time to become a mum," was the push-notification hundreds of Portuguese women received on their cell phones last month. The text, sent ...
Dec 01, 2020
Change is in the hair: Thai royalist turns rebel
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Mitree Chitinunda was such a devoted Thai royalist that he had the king's portrait cut into his hair last year, but politics like fashion and hairstyles is chan...
Dec 01, 2020
Brexit is still stuck as EU is being unfair, UK says
LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit trade talks are still stuck on fishing, governance rules and dispute resolution because the European Union is asking too much, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit s...
Dec 01, 2020
Draft bill hardening Iran’s nuclear stance clears first hurdle in parliament
DUBAI (Reuters) - A draft bill requiring Iran's government to pursue uranium enrichment of 20%, and to disregard other restraints put on its nuclear programme by an accord reached with foreign powers ...
Dec 01, 2020
