Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
In Canada, airlines face uphill climb to replace quarantines with COVID-19 testing
By Allison Lampert and Allison Martell MONTREAL/TORONTO (Reuters) - Transport Canada is holding early talks with airlines to introduce COVID-19 testing at airports, but the day when such tests could b...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. to send millions of rapid COVID-19 tests to states to support school reopening, other tasks
By Carl O'Donnell and Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - The U.S. government will send an "overwhelming majority" of the rapid COVID-19 tests it purchased from Abbott Laboratories last week to governors of...
Sep 01, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Biden raised record haul of over $300 million in August – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was expected to report a record fundraising haul of more than $300 million for the month of August, the New York Times reported on Tu...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. panel says health workers, first responders should be first to get COVID-19 vaccines
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A panel of experts set up to advise the United States on how best to allocate COVID-19 vaccines said on Tuesday that high risk workers in healthcare facilities and first responder...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. Justice Department unveils reforms for FBI wiretap applications
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it was implementing new compliance reforms at the FBI to minimize errors when it applies for wiretaps, following re...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. manufacturing activity at nearly two-year high; new orders accelerate
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to a nearly two-year high in August aided by a surge in new orders, but employment at factories continued to lag amid s...
Sep 01, 2020
Pentagon concerned by China’s nuclear ambitions, expects warheads to double
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to l...
Sep 01, 2020
Amid talks with Israel, UAE pursuit of stealth jets rumbles in background
By Lisa Barrington and Dan Williams Al DHAFRA AIRBASE, Abu Dhabi (Reuters) - Amid historic normalization talks between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, American officials spent a morning at an Abu...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump says drug makers coming to White House to discuss drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that pharmaceutical firms would come to the White House to discuss his effort to push down the prices of pharmaceuticals. (Reporting by Di...
Sep 01, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. mulls sanctions on seven Belarusians for falsifying election, violence against protesters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusian individuals it believes were involved in falsifying the Aug. 9 election and in violence against peaceful ...
Sep 01, 2020
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