Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
UK may be moving too slowly to tackle COVID-19 outbreak, government adviser says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could be moving too slowly to tackle the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases because of a lag between case numbers and deaths which means fatalities have remained relatively low, a...
Sep 26, 2020
Suspected accomplice of Paris knife attacker released: source
PARIS (Reuters) - A suspected accomplice of a man believed to have attacked and wounded two people with a meat cleaver on Friday in front of a Paris office building has been released, a judicial sourc...
Sep 26, 2020
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down after failing to form cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after almost a month of efforts to line up a non-partisan cabinet despite French pressure on the country's sectarian leaders to r...
Sep 26, 2020
Iranian president accuses U.S. of savagery after new sanctions
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of "savagery" after Washington imposed new sanctions on Tehran, and said Iranians should direct their anger at the Wh...
Sep 26, 2020
Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid pandemic
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden's glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be ...
Sep 26, 2020
Netflix says it does not agree with Chinese author’s views on Uighur Muslims
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc , in a response to U.S. senators' concerns over the company's plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy, said on Friday it did not agree with the Chinese author's v...
Sep 26, 2020
Australia begins disposal of about 350 dead whales as rescue efforts end
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian wildlife officials began disposing of hundreds of dead pilot whales on Saturday after concluding there was no longer any hope of rescuing any more. In Au...
Sep 26, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot to ease curbs ahead of schedule as cases slow
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian state of Victoria, a hotspot in the country's COVID-19 outbreak, said on Saturday social distancing restrictions will be eased earlier than previousl...
Sep 26, 2020
Taiwan’s armed forces strain in undeclared war of attrition with China
By Ben Blanchard KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited a low-key but critical maintenance base for fighter jet engines on Saturday, offering encouragement as the Chinese-...
Sep 26, 2020
Trump says U.S. election winner might not be known for months
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail ballots, building on his crit...
Sep 25, 2020
