Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
S&P futures climb for eighth straight day
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday for the eighth session in a row as bets on an economic revival backed by prolonged central bank support fueled risk appetite, setting...
Aug 31, 2020
Portland Police declare gathering near city building as ‘unlawful’
(Reuters) - Portland Police late on Sunday declared a demonstration in the northeastern part of the city as an "unlawful gathering" and ordered crowds to disperse from an area near a building housing ...
Aug 31, 2020
Forty percent of Americans back Trump executive order on TikTok: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Raphael Satter and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty percent of Americans back President Donald Trump's threat to ban videosharing app TikTok if it is not sold to a U.S. buyer, acco...
Aug 31, 2020
How a $13 device is helping Delhi fight the coronavirus
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twice a day, New Delhi health worker Kamal Kumari receives a flurry of WhatsApp messages from coronavirus patients, containing either a two-digit reading from ...
Aug 31, 2020
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
By Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen TORONTO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus t...
Aug 31, 2020
Explainer: How common cold viruses are being used in vaccines from Russia, China
By Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The modified common cold viruses behind high-profile COVID-19 vaccine candidates from China's CanSino Biologics and Russia's Gamaleya Institute hav...
Aug 31, 2020
Baltic states to hit Lukashenko, other Belarus officials with sanctions
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will announce travel sanctions on about 30 Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, later on Monday, Lithuanian President Gitanas ...
Aug 31, 2020
How does Abenomics stack up? Reuters asked the experts
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to step down on Friday because of worsening health will formally put an end to his "Abenomics" strategy, which tried to revive the world...
Aug 31, 2020
Germany calls on Russia to do more to clarify Navalny case
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday said Europe would not follow the U.S. "America First" policy of President Donald Trump and kept up pressure on Russia to do more to c...
Aug 31, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Global records India reported 78,512 new novel coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly fewer than its record set the previo...
Aug 31, 2020
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