Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
National math and reading tests in U.S. postponed until 2022 due to coronavirus
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - National math and reading tests used to track U.S. students' knowledge in those subjects are being postponed until 2022 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the National Cent...
Nov 26, 2020
Austria tightens security at churches, citing Vienna attack inquiry
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is stepping up security at churches in case of copycat attacks after an Islamist gunman killed four people in a rampage earlier this month in which he may have intended to t...
Nov 26, 2020
Thanksgiving in Denver, from free frozen birds to $200 turducken
By Ann Saphir and Kevin Mohatt SAN FRANCISCO/DENVER (Reuters) - The United States is having a Thanksgiving holiday like no other. More than 20 million people are on some form of unemployment insurance...
Nov 26, 2020
EU drugs watchdog expects first application for COVID-19 vaccine in days
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's drugs watchdog said on Thursday it expects to receive the first application for conditional marketing approval for a COVID-19 vaccine "in the coming days", the latest ste...
Nov 26, 2020
Biden, Trump plan quiet Thanksgiving celebrations at home as pandemic rages
By Simon Lewis and Jeff Mason REHOBOTH BEACH, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and sitting Republican President Donald Trump, like hundreds of millions of Americans, pl...
Nov 26, 2020
America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as COVID-19 surges
(Reuters) - Americans awoke on Thursday to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Macy's parade limited to a television-only event and many families resigned to...
Nov 26, 2020
Argentines bid final farewell to Maradona as national mourning begins
By Nicols Misculin and Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines will formally bid farewell on Thursday to one of the nation's favorite sons, soccer great Diego Maradona, a beloved athlet...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc, said a person with knowledge of the plan, as the U.S. firm diversifi...
Nov 26, 2020
Amazon’s cloud service back up after widespread outage
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was back up on Thursday following an outage that affected several users ranging from websites to software providers. "...
Nov 26, 2020
When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in Asia
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and AstraZeneca Plc have released trial data this month showing their experimental vaccines are effective in preventing the disease. If reg...
Nov 26, 2020
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