Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
ByteDance’s bid to keep most of TikTok faces major hurdles
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the United Stat...
Sep 17, 2020
The Musk Method: Learn from partners then go it alone
By Paul Lienert, Norihiko Shirouzu and Edward Taylor (Reuters) - Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from knowing next to nothing about building cars to running the world's most...
Sep 17, 2020
Southwest temporarily grounds 130 Boeing 737-800 airplanes over weight data
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said late Wednesday it temporarily grounded 130 Boeing 737-800 aircraft after it discovered discrepancies in aircraft weight data. The ...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S.-China investment flows slide to nine year-low as bilateral tensions escalate
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investment between the United States and China tumbled to a nine-year low in the first half of 2020, hit by bilateral tensions that could see more Chinese companies come under pr...
Sep 16, 2020
Mexico asks U.S. for answers about alleged migrant detention abuse
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Wednesday said it had formally requested a report from U.S. authorities regarding alleged negligent practices in U.S. immigration detention centers, citing accus...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: In the weeds – How Bayer, U.S. government teamed up against Thailand’s glyphosate ban
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Chemicals giant Bayer and the U.S. government cooperated closely last year to lobby Thailand to reverse its ban on glyphosate, used in the company's cont...
Sep 16, 2020
Asian shares set for mostly weaker open after Fed
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares were set to drift lower on Thursday as concerns about the strength of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic remained, even after the U.S. Federal Re...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. says WeChat users will not be penalized
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties even if the United States bans the Chinese-owned messaging app through other actions next week, the Ju...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump says staffer tested positive for COVID-19 but was ‘not near’ him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a White House staffer tested positive for COVID-19 but the individual was not "near" him or "associated with" him. "It was not anyb...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. intelligence officials to do in-person election security briefings for lawmakers after all
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. intelligence officials will provide in-person briefings to congressional intelligence committees on foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election aft...
Sep 16, 2020
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