Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Lebanon’s Adib set to be designated as new PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is set to be designated prime minister on Monday ahead of a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron who will press for long-delayed r...
Aug 31, 2020
Japan’s ruling party to hold September 14 leadership vote; four possible candidates for PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to hold a leadership vote on Sept. 14 to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is stepping down due to ill health, local media reported...
Aug 31, 2020
Locked out by COVID, refugees’ lives on hold
By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - When Michelle Alfaro left her office at the United Nations in Geneva on March 13, her job finding homes for the world's most vulnerable refugees was under contro...
Aug 31, 2020
Israeli and U.S. officials fly to UAE to cement ‘normalisation’ deal
By Dan Williams TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fly to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to put final touches on a pact est...
Aug 31, 2020
Firefighters make headway against lightning-sparked California wildfires
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California fire officials on Sunday reported significant headway battling the two largest of dozens of lighting-sparked blazes raging in and around the greater ...
Aug 30, 2020
Japan PM Abe tells Trump strengthening of Japan-U.S. alliance will remain
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that a strengthening of the two nations' alliance will remain in place even after Abe's departure, a Japanese gove...
Aug 30, 2020
Ex-defence minister Ishiba is people’s choice for next Japan PM: polls
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, media opinion polls showed, as the race kicks off to succee...
Aug 30, 2020
Asian stocks hit two-year high, Nikkei bounces as Berkshire buys in
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares notched a fresh two-year high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory for a protracted period, k...
Aug 30, 2020
Buffett’s Berkshire buys 5% stake each in five Japanese trading companies
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Sunday it has acquired more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies. Berkshire Hathaway's wholly-owned subsidiary,...
Aug 30, 2020
Portland mayor urges restraint, renunciation of violence after fatal shooting
By Steve Gorman and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Officials in Portland, Oregon, said on Sunday they were braced for an escalation of protest-related violence that has convulsed the city for three months,...
Aug 30, 2020
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