Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Turkish rescue workers search for survivors in quake; death toll rises to 27
ANKARA (Reuters) - Rescue workers in western Turkish city of Izmir searched through rubble for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday, as the death toll rose to...
Oct 31, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon tells India regulator its partner Future Retail is misleading public
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has complained to India's market regulator that its local partner Future Retail Ltd misled shareholders by incorrectly saying it was complying with...
Oct 31, 2020
Thai students pose with ‘dissidents’ in graduation protest
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some students at Thailand's Thammasat University posed with cardboard cutouts of well-known critics of the monarchy on Saturday in a ...
Oct 31, 2020
U.S. reports world record of more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases in single day
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The United States set a new all-time high for coronavirus cases confirmed in a single 24-hour period on Friday, reporting just over 100,000 new infections to surpass the rec...
Oct 31, 2020
In election’s waning days, Trump campaigns against those fighting coronavirus
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the coronavirus roaring back across the United States, President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his re-election campaign criticizing public o...
Oct 30, 2020
U.S. signs up pharmacy chains as COVID-19 vaccination centres: WSJ
(Reuters) - Several U.S. retail pharmacy chains have agreed to serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites under a federal government plan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. A plan by the U.S. Cente...
Oct 30, 2020
Two-time World Cup winner Rapinoe, WNBA champ Bird announce engagement
(Reuters) - Two-time World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and 11-time WNBA All-Star Sue Bird are getting hitched. The sports power couple announced their engagement with a photo posted to Bird's Instagram a...
Oct 30, 2020
Early voting brings one million Black voters to Georgia polls
By Katanga Johnson ATLANTA (Reuters) - As Georgia wrapped up weeks of early voting on Friday for the Nov. 3 election, Black voter turnout had far surpassed the level seen at the same time in 2016. Som...
Oct 30, 2020
Minnesota opts against asking Supreme Court to block mail-in ballots ruling
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minnesota officials decided on Friday not to seek emergency intervention from the conservative-majority Supreme Court over an appeals ruling that questioned t...
Oct 30, 2020
U.S. says Iranian hackers behind threatening emails accessed voter data
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - U.S. officials said late Friday that Iranian hackers behind the threatening emails sent to thousands of Americans earlier this month successfully accessed voter data. The...
Oct 30, 2020
