Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
COVID-19 crisis: a shot in the arm for Russian e-commerce
By Anna Rzhevkina and Alexander Marrow GDANSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the...
Nov 19, 2020
Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial results ‘definitely’ before Christmas: investigator
LONDON (Reuters) - Results of late-stage trials of University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate should definitely be known by Christmas, the chief investigator on the study said on Thursday, addi...
Nov 19, 2020
‘Too soon’ to let Boeing 737 MAX fly again, say families of Lion Air crash victims
By Augustinus Beo Da Costa and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - Some of the relatives of victims of a fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash in Indonesia have slammed a decision by U.S. aviation authoriti...
Nov 19, 2020
Asia-Pacific leaders push for freer trade after Trump
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders called on Thursday for open and multilateral trade to support a global economy battered by the novel coronavirus, ...
Nov 19, 2020
Ethiopian government says rebels have committed ‘atrocities’ during two-week Tigray conflict
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's government on Thursday said rebels have committed "serious crimes" after conflict broke out this month in the northern Tigray region, as U.S. Pr...
Nov 19, 2020
China Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine taken by about a million people in emergency use
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly one million people have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) through the country's emergency use programme,...
Nov 19, 2020
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University produced a strong immune response in older adults, giving hope it may protect some of...
Nov 19, 2020
Hong Kong court rules that police complaints system breaches Bill of Rights
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court ruled on Thursday that the city government had failed to provide an independent mechanism to handle police complaints, breaching the Asian financial hub's ...
Nov 19, 2020
COVID toll turns spotlight on Europe’s taboo of data by race
By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Many European countries avoid breaking down data along racial or ethnic lines out of concern over privacy or discrimination, but COVID-19's outsized impact on ...
Nov 19, 2020
Analysis: As regulators prepare to weigh in on 737 MAX, FAA’s global dominance fades
By Jamie Freed and Allison Lampert SYDNEY/MONTREAL (Reuters) - Global regulators have held off approving the Boeing 737 MAX despite a decision by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to end a 20-m...
Nov 18, 2020
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