Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Hip hop hooray for Japan’s next PM with hometown T-shirt shout-out
By Chris Gallagher and Elaine Lies YUZAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga, used to suits, a lectern and the trappings of the Japanese government, now finds himself on hip hop T-shirts and bags in hi...
Sep 12, 2020
U.S. lawmakers quiz Disney CEO over Xinjiang connection to ‘Mulan’
(Reuters) - A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the company's connection with "security and propaganda" authorities of China's Xinjiang region during th...
Sep 12, 2020
China’s Xinhua condemns raids on Chinese journalists in Australia
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Raids on Chinese journalists living in Australia are "utterly appalling" and damage relations between the two countries, state news agency Xinhua said. China's state-backed tabloi...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. has expelled 8,800 migrant children under coronavirus rules
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has expelled about 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to li...
Sep 11, 2020
Oregon wildfire melts trucks, leaves warlike destruction in wake
By Adrees Latif and Brad Brooks PHOENIX, Ore. (Reuters) - Matt Manson stared at the burned-out corpse of his pick-up truck on Friday, which sat on a blackened driveway in front of a smoldering pile of...
Sep 11, 2020
Key aide to prosecutor reviewing origins of Trump-Russia probe resigns
(Reuters) - A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into contacts between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia has resigned fro...
Sep 11, 2020
Afghan peace talks to open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered war
By Hamid Shalizi and Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents start in Qatar's capital Doha on Saturday with the goal of bringing an end to nearl...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. House panel subpoenas acting Homeland Security chief Wolf for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee on Friday issued a subpoena compelling Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to testify on Sept. 17, after Wolf canceled a planned appearance, s...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says she’s ‘optimistic’ about passing coronavirus relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was "optimistic" about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov. 3 presidential election. "I'm optimisti...
Sep 11, 2020
SEC charges rapper Clifford Harris Jr., others, over cryptocurrency offering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it has charged five Atlanta-based people, including rapper and actor Clifford Harris, Jr., known as T.I. or Tip, and f...
Sep 11, 2020
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