Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Two New York cops, wounded earlier in week in shootout, released from hospital
(Reuters) - Two New York City police officers who were shot and wounded earlier this week while responding to a domestic dispute were discharged from hospital on Thursday in time to spend the Thanksgi...
Nov 26, 2020
Hong Kong activist tells German paper he’s doing well in prison isolation
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong told a German newspaper he was doing well despite being held in solitary confinement and having trouble sleeping because of bright light...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: Iraq trains U.S.-sanctioned militia leader for army position – sources
By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi military is training a former member of an Iran-backed militia, who is under U.S. sanctions for killing protesters, to become a high-ran...
Nov 26, 2020
Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line U.S. workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVI...
Nov 26, 2020
Analysis: Questions over AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 "vaccine for the world", AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hi...
Nov 26, 2020
Rome airport to offer COVID-tested flights to U.S. with Delta, Alitalia
ROME (Reuters) - Rome's Fiumicino airport will run COVID-tested flights to and from the United States operated by Delta Air Lines and Alitalia, it said on Thursday, adding it will be the first airport...
Nov 26, 2020
Aviation bodies seek airport slots waiver for much of 2021
PARIS (Reuters) - Global aviation heavyweights led by airline body IATA are pushing to suspend airport slot access rules until next October, according to a document seen by Reuters, while giving some ...
Nov 26, 2020
Turkey does not expect U.S. sanctions over Russian S-400s under Biden
By Orhan Coskun and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey does not expect ties with the United States to be strained under President-elect Joe Biden and does not anticipate sanctions over its purch...
Nov 26, 2020
Analysis: Libya’s rival forces have stopped shooting, but they’re not pulling back
By Ayman al-Warfali and Angus McDowall SIRTE, Libya/TUNIS (Reuters) - In Libya's frontline city of Sirte, parts of which still lie in ruins, the commission set up to oversee warring rivals' recent cea...
Nov 26, 2020
China wields patriotic education to tame Hong Kong’s rebellious youth
By Sarah Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cua Chiu-fai is on a mission to rid Hong Kong's classrooms of what he sees as poisonous anti-China bias. His soldiers: mainly parents. He has recruited hundreds of mo...
Nov 26, 2020
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