Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Firefighters make headway in California wine country, ‘gigafire’ reaches 1 million acres
By Adrees Latif and Mimi Dwyer ST. HELENA, Calif. (Reuters) - Firefighters aided by diminished winds made significant strides on Monday against flames wreaking havoc in northern California wine countr...
Oct 05, 2020
Trump urges Americans to ‘get out there’ after return from hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump emerged on Monday from four days in a U.S. military hospital where he was treated for COVID-19 with a video message to Americans to "get out there" and no...
Oct 05, 2020
Stock markets higher as Trump returns to White House
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's stock markets edged higher on Tuesday, cautiously adding to gains made with an improvement in both U.S. President Donald Trump's health and prospects for a U.S. stimulus p...
Oct 05, 2020
Photo opp of a lifetime turns into cautionary tale for Trump supporter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Charles Kolean, a Dallas investment industry worker, was thrilled to take a photo with President Donald Trump last week after the 25-year-old won a Republican fund-r...
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ensured that a restrictive Republican-backed law in South Carolina that requires voters to have a witness sign mail-in ballots will be in place ...
Oct 05, 2020
Dollar’s strength to be short-lived; volatility and weakness ahead – Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan and Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The recent surge in the U.S. dollar will last less than three months, according to a majority of foreign exchange strategists polled by Reuters...
Oct 05, 2020
Musk’s SpaceX wins Pentagon award for missile tracking satellites
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX won a $149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Monday, in the compan...
Oct 05, 2020
White House blocking strict new guidelines for emergency release of coronavirus vaccine: NYT
(Reuters) - Senior officials at the White House are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of a coronavirus vaccine, the New York Times reported https://nyti.ms/36DGIdI on Mo...
Oct 05, 2020
Trump leaves hospital to return to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he was receiving treatment for COVID-19 to return to the White House. Wearing a...
Oct 05, 2020
HIV treatment has no benefit for hospitalised COVID-19 patients: study
LONDON (Reuters) - A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the init...
Oct 05, 2020
