Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. CDC reports 192,388 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 6,427,058 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 46,045 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Sep 12, 2020
Trump nominee elected to head Latin American development bank – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to run Latin America's regional development bank was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank on Saturday, the bank said, maki...
Sep 12, 2020
U.S. Gulf of Mexico storm could reach hurricane strength Monday – NHC
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A weather disturbance off the tip of Florida could strengthen into a hurricane by Monday, bringing wind, heavy seas and flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hur...
Sep 12, 2020
Pakistani police hunt for gang rape suspects as protests held across country
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Protests were held in several Pakistani cities for a second day on Saturday over the handling of an investigation into the gang rape of a mother travelling with he...
Sep 12, 2020
Chevron evacuating U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms as storm approaches
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp. on Saturday said it had started evacuating two offshore oil platforms and was preparing to halt output as a potential hurricane began to march up the U.S. Gulf of Mex...
Sep 12, 2020
Softbank nears deal to sell Arm Holdings to Nvidia for more than $40 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp is nearing a deal to sell British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp for more than $40 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/2Rlv7HC on Sa...
Sep 12, 2020
Colorado seeks to block USPS voting mailer it says is misleading
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colorado on Saturday sued the U.S. Postal Service and its postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, seeking to prevent the mailing of official notices to all Colorado r...
Sep 12, 2020
French PM to end self-isolation after another negative COVID-19 test
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID-19 again and will come out of self-isolation on Saturday, a week after being in contact with someone who had a positiv...
Sep 12, 2020
Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on fire-hit supertanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan navy said on Saturday it had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disast...
Sep 12, 2020
Cuba shuts down interprovincial transportation due to new COVID-19 fears
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban state media reported on Saturday interprovincial transportation would be shut down and a curfew in Havana extended until the end of the month as a surge in COVID-19 cases in t...
Sep 12, 2020
