Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to discuss coronavirus response as Thanksgiving holiday nears
By Simon Lewis WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will give a speech on Wednesday highlighting the challenges facing Americans as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches and the n...
Nov 25, 2020
As COVID-19 cases soar, U.S. families weigh risks of welcoming college kids home
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Nina Jain was regularly checking the nation's COVID-19 data and holding out hope that her son Antonio, a sophomore who attends college in Iowa, could come home to Sacra...
Nov 25, 2020
Mutations not making coronavirus able to spread more rapidly -study
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19-causing coronavirus is mutating as it spreads around the world in the pandemic, but none of the mutations currently documented appears to be making it a...
Nov 25, 2020
Chihuly: Creating in the glass bubble
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leslie Chihuly, the wife and business driver behind glass artist Dale Chihuly, believes these are fighting times, especially for artists. "If we don't have o...
Nov 25, 2020
Global stocks bull run to race on, spurred by cheap cash, vaccine hopes: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable and Rahul Karunakar LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - The blistering rally in global stock markets is set to continue for at least six months, albeit at a shallower pace, amid hopes more ...
Nov 25, 2020
Severe storm in Arlington, Texas causes damage to property
(Reuters) - Authorities in Arlington, Texas were responding to reports of collapsed buildings and flying debris after strong winds swept through the southern U.S. state on Tuesday night. "Our units ar...
Nov 25, 2020
EU says Ethiopia fighting destabilising region, urges ceasefire
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fighting between Ethiopia's military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African region and hostilities should halt,...
Nov 24, 2020
Ethiopia sent home soldiers of Tigrayan ethnicity from U.N. force in South Sudan: sources
JUBA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has sent home three soldiers of Tigrayan ethnicity from U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan, a diplomatic and security source told Reuters, weeks after conflict broke out ...
Nov 24, 2020
Nearly 100 whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand's east coast, officials said...
Nov 24, 2020
Trump plans to pardon former aide Michael Flynn: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has told allies he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI dur...
Nov 24, 2020
