Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden turns focus to building White House team as Trump legal efforts flounder
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will focus on shaping his core White House team on Tuesday while outgoing President Donald Trum...
Nov 17, 2020
Thai royalists call for no changes to constitution
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai royalists in yellow shirts demonstrated outside parliament on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to reject changes to th...
Nov 17, 2020
Ethiopia carries out air strikes in Tigray, PM says surrender ultimatum over
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's National Defense Forces carried out "precision led and surgical air operations" outside of Tigray's capital Makelle, the government's emergency task-force said on Tu...
Nov 16, 2020
China’s securities regulator hopes Sino-U.S. ties better with Biden administration
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Securities Regulatory Commission Vice Chairman Fang Xinghai said he hopes Sino-U.S. relations will be in a much better state after four years of a U.S. President-elect Joe Bi...
Nov 16, 2020
Pfizer to start pilot program for COVID-19 immunization in four U.S. states
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Monday it was starting a pilot program for COVID-19 immunization in four U.S. states to help refine the plan for the delivery and deployment of its vaccine candidate. Th...
Nov 16, 2020
U.S. nuclear industry group sees reprocessing as potential nuclear waste fix
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the top U.S. nuclear power group said that reprocessing of nuclear waste, a technique that has been banned since the 1970s on proliferation concer...
Nov 16, 2020
More changes in Trump’s legal team in Pennsylvania election challenge lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas (Reuters) - Three more lawyers representing President Donald Trump's campaign have asked to withdraw from his lawsuit challenging the U.S. election results in Pennsylvani...
Nov 16, 2020
U.S. being left behind after Asia forms world’s biggest trade bloc: U.S. Chamber
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday said it was concerned the United States was being left behind after China and 15 other Asia-Pacific economies on Sunday formed the world's...
Nov 16, 2020
Pentagon fails audit yet again, could pass around 2027, comptroller says
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon failed its comprehensive audit in fiscal 2020, the third year it has failed since the first audit was conducted in 2018, reflecting system and account...
Nov 16, 2020
Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week, but held off: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump asked for options on attacking Iran's main nuclear site last week but ultimately decided against taking the dramatic step, a U.S. officia...
Nov 16, 2020
