Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
TikTok says it already committed to government oversight of U.S. data security
(Reuters) - Video-sharing app TikTok said on Saturday it has already committed to the U.S. government oversight of data security in the country, and that it was "disappointed" by the Trump administrat...
Sep 19, 2020
Oil workers flee as third storm in month aims for U.S. offshore fields
By Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc halted some oil production and began evacuating workers from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform, the company said on Saturday, as a new tropica...
Sep 19, 2020
Former Canada PM Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks, dies aged 91
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA - Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks and led his Liberal Party to a massive electoral defeat in 1984, died on Saturday aged 91, m...
Sep 19, 2020
Death of U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg raises stakes in battle for Senate control
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate, forcing embattled Republican incumb...
Sep 19, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 198,099 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 6,706,374 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 49,575 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Sep 19, 2020
Pompeo hails Colombia’s stance on Maduro, pledges more help in drugs fight
BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday thanked Colombian President Ivan Duque for his stance against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and pledged continued assistance t...
Sep 19, 2020
Airstrikes on Taliban base kill at least 12 civilians – local Afghan officials
KABUL (Reuters) - A twin airstrike on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 10 people on Saturday, provincial officials and Ta...
Sep 19, 2020
Canada’s Ontario cracks down on parties amid COVID-19 resurgence
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's most populous province is cracking down on private social gatherings as COVID-19 cases surge, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a surprise news conference ...
Sep 19, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus cases exceed 300,000 – health ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases in Turkey rose above 300,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said, as authorities struggle to contain a resurgence in the outbreak. The mini...
Sep 19, 2020
Explainer: How RBG’s death could shift the Supreme Court – and American life – rightward
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has huge implications for the future of law and life in the United States, giving Republic...
Sep 19, 2020
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