Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘Perfect storm’: How Nigeria’s peaceful police protests turned violent
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Tears fill Ephraim Osinboyejo's eyes as he recalls the idealism that drove thousands of Nigerians like him into the streets to campaign against police brutality ...
Oct 27, 2020
Banners and prayers for Kamala Harris in her ancestral Indian village
By Sudarshan Varadhan THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that ...
Oct 27, 2020
Pompeo says U.S., India must focus on threat posed by China
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States and India must work together to confront the threat posed by China to security and freedom, U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday as he ...
Oct 27, 2020
Global foreign direct investment halved in first six months of 2020: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Global foreign direct investment (FDI) plunged by 49% in the first half of 2020 from the same period a year ago and is on course to fall by up to 40% for the ye...
Oct 27, 2020
Explainer: What to watch at the fifth plenum of China’s Communist Party
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and members of the Central Committee, the biggest of the ruling Communist Party's elite decision-making bodies, are meeting this week to formulate econ...
Oct 27, 2020
China tells U.S. not to bully Sri Lanka ahead of Pompeo’s visit
COLOMBO (Reuters) - China has raised objections to what it called U.S. bullying of Sri Lanka after Washington said the Indian Ocean island must make "difficult but necessary choices" regarding its tie...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. stock market braces for rocky week ahead of contentious U.S. election
By April Joyner and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street faces a rocky run-up to Election Day, with mounting worries about the outcome in Washington adding to nerves about the coronavirus ...
Oct 27, 2020
New business jet travelers help fuel order recovery during pandemic
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Affluent travelers avoiding commercial flights during the pandemic are helping fuel a recovery in pre-owned corporate aircraft transactions this year and revivi...
Oct 27, 2020
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospi...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. to announce plan for Medicare, Medicaid to cover early COVID-19 vaccine: Politico
(Reuters) - The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover out-of-pocket costs of COVID-19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid, Politico reported...
Oct 26, 2020
