Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
What the conventions reveal for Biden, Trump in final stretch to November
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The back-to-back presidential nominating conventions that concluded with Donald Trump's speech on Thursday showed both sides intend to fight for the sliver of ...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump to campaign in New Hampshire after convention speech at White House
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to b...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. rights office says Blake shooting was ‘excessive’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday that the images of the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin appeared to show that the police officer had used "excessive" force...
Aug 28, 2020
Sinovac’s coronavirus vaccine candidate approved for emergency use in China- source
BEIJING (Reuters) - Sinovac Biotech Ltd's coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a programme in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical s...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S.Senator Rand Paul says attacked by ‘angry mob’ near White House
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Friday that he was attacked by what he described as an "angry mob" of more than 100 people near the White House and had to be rescued by the police. "Just go...
Aug 28, 2020
New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone
By Kate Kelland, Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay LONDON/BRUSSELS/GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID-1...
Aug 28, 2020
Where state is weak, Mali militants broker talks between rival clans
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - A few weeks before military officers overthrew Mali's government in a bloodless coup, a series of meetings in the remote centre of the country underscored how much the ...
Aug 28, 2020
In wake of shootings, retailers respond to consumer interest in Black-owned businesses
By Victoria Waldersee and Melissa Fares LISBON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A day after the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, searches for the term "Black-owned businesses" began to surge on Goog...
Aug 28, 2020
As Arctic ice melts, polluting ships stream into polar waters
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - As melting sea ice opens the Arctic to navigation, more ships are plying the loosely regulated polar waters, bringing increasing amounts of climate-warming pollutio...
Aug 28, 2020
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to resign, source says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to resign, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Public broadcaster NHK earlier said Abe, who has battled the disease ulcer...
Aug 28, 2020
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