Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
General Electric warns of more job cuts at aviation unit: WSJ
(Reuters) - General Electric Co warned employees of more job cuts at its aviation unit as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact commercial air travel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, ...
Nov 24, 2020
Tesla set to breach $500 billion in market value
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc was set to breach $500 billion in market value on Tuesday, as its shares extended a meteoric rally that has seen the stock gain more than six times this year. Shares of the elect...
Nov 24, 2020
Ethiopia says foes surrendering, Tigray forces report battle win
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Ethiopian government said on Tuesday that Tigrayan soldiers were surrendering in the face of its advance towards the regional capital, but the local forces reported...
Nov 24, 2020
Europe gives Boeing 737 MAX draft approval after near two-year ban
PARIS (Reuters) - European regulators gave draft approval to Boeing's 737 MAX on Tuesday, paving the way for a formal flight clearance in January after an almost two-year ban caused by fatal crashes. ...
Nov 24, 2020
Futures rise as Biden transition, vaccine progress lift mood
By Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as the formal go-ahead for President-elect Joe Biden's transition to the White House ended weeks of political uncertainty an...
Nov 24, 2020
First African-American cardinal seeks common ground with Biden administration
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C. who this week will become the first African-American cardinal, said on Tuesday he wanted to find common g...
Nov 24, 2020
Caribbean resorts get starring role in U.S airlines’ COVID-19 holiday playbook
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airlines are adding flights, and in some cases COVID-19 testing programs, for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, a region central to carriers' strategies to...
Nov 24, 2020
‘We’re drowning’: COVID cases flood hospitals in America’s heartland
By Nick Brown (Reuters) - Dr. Drew Miller knew his patient had to be moved. The vital signs of the 30-year-old COVID-19 victim were crashing, and Kearny County Hospital in rural Lakin, Kansas, just wa...
Nov 24, 2020
Super-cold container firm va-Q-tec expands to meet COVID-19 vaccine demand
By Ilona Wissenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Cold-storage specialist va-Q-tec is significantly expanding its fleet of 2,500 rental containers to meet growing demand to transport COVID-19 vaccines that ne...
Nov 24, 2020
Airlines set to lose $157 billion amid worsening slump: IATA
PARIS (Reuters) - Airlines are on course to lose a total $157 billion this year and next, their main global body warned on Tuesday, further downgrading its industry outlook in response to a second wav...
Nov 24, 2020
