Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
NHC says hurricane Epsilon to become ‘powerful’ post-tropical cyclone soon
(Reuters) - Hurricane Epsilon is soon expected to become a "powerful" post-tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. Epsilon was located about 245 miles (395 kilometers) sou...
Oct 25, 2020
Kuwait retail co-ops remove French products over Prophet cartoon
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was th...
Oct 25, 2020
UK police say dealing with incident aboard vessel off English coast
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Sunday they were dealing with an ongoing incident aboard a vessel near the coast of the Isle of Wight, an island off the southern coast of England. "We are aw...
Oct 25, 2020
Pelosi says administration reviewing U.S. COVID-19 aid bill: CNN interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the Trump administration was reviewing the latest proposal for further COVID-19 relief over the weekend and that she expected a re...
Oct 25, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 cases soar as Pence’s staff at White House test positive
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - A new coronavirus outbreak at the White House involving Vice President Mike Pence's staff comes as the United States reported a near-record number of new cases on Saturday...
Oct 25, 2020
Analysis: Fighting talk as besieged Thai loyalists try to rally
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - #KingKeepFighting was the hashtag used by the embattled Thai prime minister's operations centre at the weekend on a Twitter post with pi...
Oct 25, 2020
Malaysia’s king rejects PM Muhyiddin’s request to impose emergency rule
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's king Al Sultan-Abdullah on Sunday rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for a state of emergency to be imposed because of the coronavirus crisis. T...
Oct 25, 2020
New fighting flares over Nagorno-Karabakh as Aliyev warns against Russian involvement
By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) - New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for bl...
Oct 25, 2020
Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett often rules for police in excessive force cases
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley (Reuters) - In her three years as a federal appeals court judge, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has consistently sided with police or prison guards ac...
Oct 25, 2020
Barrett Supreme Court confirmation to edge closer with Sunday vote
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Sunday plans to move closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy C...
Oct 25, 2020
