Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Tigray forces say they ‘completely destroyed’ Ethiopia’s 21st mechanized division
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tigrayan forces battling Ethiopia's federal government said on Tuesday they 'completely destroyed' the army's 21st mechanized division, a day after they claimed they had destroyed ...
Nov 24, 2020
Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100,000 ...
Nov 24, 2020
Taiwan says is having ‘good interactions’ with Biden team
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has been having "good interactions" with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's team, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as it seeks to cement ties with the incoming administrat...
Nov 23, 2020
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins dies at 93: source
(Reuters) - David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only African American mayor during the 1990s, died at 93 on Monday, a source told Reuters. Dinkins was born in 1927 in Trenton, New J...
Nov 23, 2020
Stocks shoot up as vaccine progress, Biden transition boost confidence
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stocks opened higher on Tuesday as COVID-19 vaccine progress shored up global sentiment and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden was given the go-ahead to beg...
Nov 23, 2020
GSA chief says decision to allow transition to begin was ‘solely mine’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the General Services Administration on Monday said the decision allowing the start of a presidential transition to Democrat Joe Biden was "solely mine" despite a twe...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden’s transition team to begin meeting with federal officials: executive director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's team will begin meeting with federal government officials to discuss the pandemic response, national security and other issues after a U.S. agency ga...
Nov 23, 2020
Trump gives GSA official go-ahead to start transition to Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday said he had given Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, the go-ahead to proceed with a transition for President-elect J...
Nov 23, 2020
General Services Administration tells Biden transition can formally begin: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. General Services Administration has told President-elect Joe Biden that his transition can formally begin, CNN reported on Monday, citing a letter from GSA Administrato...
Nov 23, 2020
Japan’s ramen bars struggle to stay open as COVID hammers small firms
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga is folding his Tokyo noodle ramen shop after 15 years in December, unable to overcome the prospect of a lasting customer slump due to t...
Nov 23, 2020
