Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Special Report: For Black South African rugby player, a COVID victory, and loss
By Tim Cocks CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - On Broadhurst Cona's fifth night in the COVID-19 ward of Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital, the patient in the bed next to him was giving up. The man ...
Oct 09, 2020
‘We’re scared’: Lebanon on edge as time and money run out
By Ellen Francis and Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fouad Khamasi fills his taxi every day with about 40,000 Lebanese pounds' worth of fuel. It could cost at least four times that much if subsidies...
Oct 09, 2020
Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-weary U.S. Gulf Coast
By Stephanie Kelly BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Residents in parts of the U.S. state of Louisiana left town or made last-minute preparations on Friday as Hurricane Delta spun across the Gulf of Mexico...
Oct 09, 2020
U.N. food agency wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affec...
Oct 09, 2020
Azeris and ethnic Armenians fight before planned talks with Russia
By Nailia Bagirova and Nvard Hovhannisyan BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes on Friday as Russia prepared to host talks with the warring sides' foreign minist...
Oct 09, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh says 26 soldiers killed; military toll rises to 376
YEREVAN (Reuters) - The defence ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Friday it had recorded another 26 deaths among its military, pushing the toll to 376 since fighting with Azeri forces er...
Oct 09, 2020
‘Treasuries on steroids’: U.S. banks’ mortgage bond trading bonanza
By Kate Duguid and Lawrence White NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street banks are on track for a record year of revenue from trading U.S. government-backed mortgage debt, industry sources told Reute...
Oct 09, 2020
Trump maps return to campaign trail after White House says COVID-19 treatment complete
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID-19 diagnosis ...
Oct 09, 2020
Viral surge, fiscal fight may sway U.S. voters more than data
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 cases in a number of U.S. states and roller-coaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional eco...
Oct 09, 2020
Investors’ bets on a Democratic sweep grow after Biden debate performance
By April Joyner and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debate between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, marred by frequent interruptions and name-calling, did...
Oct 09, 2020
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