Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump says he condemns all white supremacists including “Proud Boys”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday condemned all white supremacists including the "Proud Boys," an organization identified as a hate group, following comments he made in the fir...
Oct 01, 2020
Oil drops for second day as worsening pandemic threatens demand drop
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell nearly 1% on Friday, extending losses into a second day as rising production of crude comes amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic which threatens to bring more restricti...
Oct 01, 2020
Ahead of U.S. election, malicious email campaign mimics Democratic pitches for volunteers
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of emails sent on Thursday that asked recipients to volunteer for the Democratic Party ahead of the November U.S. election actually came from...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump vows to reverse ‘ridiculous’ move to make Navy SEAL ethos gender-neutral
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a military decision to make the Navy SEAL ethos gender-neutral was "ridiculous" and vowed to overturn it, his latest move to interve...
Oct 01, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot state says daily cases near four-month low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New daily coronavirus infections in Australia's hotspot state Victoria have fallen to a near four-month low, authorities said on Friday, as other states recorded only imported cases...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump adviser Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A close adviser to President Donald Trump, Hope Hicks, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a Bloomberg reporter said on Twitter on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. There w...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. House passes Democrats’ $2.2 trillion COVID-19 aid plan, which Republicans oppose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $2.2 trillion Democratic plan for fresh relief from the coronavirus pandemic, though objections from the White House and...
Oct 01, 2020
Asian markets face mixed open as U.S. stimulus deal remains elusive
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian markets were set for a mixed opening on Friday, as a U.S. stimulus deal remained out of reach and investors await fresh U.S. employment data for a read o...
Oct 01, 2020
Secrecy and speed: Inside Ant Group’s unusual IPO process
By Kane Wu, Julie Zhu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ahead of what's likely to be the world's largest initial public offering, China's Ant Group Co Ltd is asking lead bankers to personally si...
Oct 01, 2020
California wine country firefight intensifies, progress made in deadly Cascades blaze
By Adrees Latif CALISTOGA, Calif. (Reuters) - California firefighters coping with limited resources and worsening weather struggled for a fifth day on Thursday to subdue flames menacing the famed Napa...
Oct 01, 2020
