Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Defense to continue probing Canada border officials in Huawei CFO’s U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou are set to continue questioning Canadian border officials on Wednesday regarding their investigation of Meng befo...
Nov 18, 2020
Analysis: U.S. manufacturing is booming – but not for these guys
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - Jim Kirsh initially thought his family-owned foundry in southeastern Wisconsin might stay busy during the pandemic. Kirsh Foundry Inc, a cluster of buildings nestled in B...
Nov 18, 2020
Half of Republicans say Biden won because of a ‘rigged’ election: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump "rightfully won" the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democra...
Nov 18, 2020
EU drug regulator says it received data from Pfizer on COVID vaccine large-scale trial
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency said on Wednesday that Pfizer and BioNTech had submitted data from large-scale trial of their potential COVID-19 vaccine for the agency's rolling rev...
Nov 18, 2020
Analysis: Can first COVID-19 vaccines bring herd immunity? Experts have doubts
By Ludwig Burger and Kate Kelland FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID-19 vaccines could bring "herd immunity", with some calculating that immunising jus...
Nov 18, 2020
Ethiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict and denyi...
Nov 18, 2020
Tokyo reports record daily virus cases, outbreak locks down Australian state
By Rocky Swift and Hyonhee Shin TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Daily coronavirus cases in Tokyo and South Korea hit fresh highs on Wednesday, as pollution-cloaked New Delhi struggled with rising cases and Au...
Nov 18, 2020
Analysis: Airlines scramble to prepare for ultra-cold COVID-19 vaccine distribution
By Laurence Frost and Ilona Wissenbach PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultra-cold shipping and storage facilities to transport COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and ...
Nov 18, 2020
From ‘haves’ to ‘have-nots’: how COVID-19 is swelling UK’s subprime ranks
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - One morning, after years of financial prudence and solid creditworthiness, you wake up and it's all gone. You're no longer worthy. You're a risk. I...
Nov 18, 2020
Analysis: Berkshire’s bet a bright spot in gloomy year for Big Pharma stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's new bet on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry signals hope for shares of large drug companies, which have lagged a broad market rally ami...
Nov 18, 2020
