Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Judge plans to decide on TikTok U.S. app store ban by end of day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Washington said he plans to decide later on Sunday whether to block a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chines...
Sep 27, 2020
Venus Williams slumps to opening defeat in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Open runner-up Venus Williams suffered her second successive first-round loss in a Grand Slam as she went down 6-4 6-4 to Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Sunday...
Sep 27, 2020
Daimler Investors push for independent chairman as Zetsche bows out
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors welcomed former Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche's decision to forego his role as chairman of the German carmaker, announced at the weekend and starting a race to...
Sep 27, 2020
Belarusian police detain protesters as tens of thousands rally against Lukashenko
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian security forces began detaining people on Sunday as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Minsk for the seventh straight weekend calling on veter...
Sep 27, 2020
China’s Xi says ‘happiness’ in Xinjiang on the rise, will keep teaching ‘correct’ outlook
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said levels of happiness among all ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang are rising and that China plans to keep teaching its residents a "c...
Sep 27, 2020
In Brazil’s Amazon a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The largest city in Brazil's Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that may dash theories that Manaus w...
Sep 27, 2020
French Open gets off to chilly start
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Gone are the queues of spectators and gone is the sun as the French Open kicked off in underwhelming fashion on Sunday with persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweep...
Sep 27, 2020
FIA moves to rule out repeat of Hamilton’s Breonna Taylor T-shirt
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body set out new pre- and post-race rules for driver attire on Sunday in a move that bars world champion Lewis Hamilton from wearing campaigning T-s...
Sep 27, 2020
With classroom time reduced, U.S. college students demand tuition cuts
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Full-time students at Chicago's Columbia College spend $14,000 a year for professional, hands-on training in dance, film and music that the school normally offer...
Sep 27, 2020
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: 60 years of U.S. presidential debates
(Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moment...
Sep 27, 2020
