Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Minneapolis under state of emergency after Black homicide suspect’s death
(Reuters) - The governor of Minnesota declared a state of peacetime emergency on the city of Minneapolis after violent protests erupted on Wednesday night following the death of a Black homicide suspe...
Aug 27, 2020
Russia launches probe into hospitalization of Kremlin critic Navalny: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Interior Ministry said on Thursday it was launching a probe into the hospitalization of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over what his allies suspect was a poisoning, TASS new...
Aug 27, 2020
Senegal’s first female pro surfer draws others in her wake
By Zohra Bensemra DAKAR (Reuters) - Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal's first female professional surfer, Sambe ...
Aug 27, 2020
Russia accuses U.S. of hindering patrol in Syria after collision injures U.S. troops
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow on Thursday accused the U.S. military of trying to hinder a Russian patrol in Syria after Washington said U.S. troops had been injured in a collision with a Russian vehicle. ...
Aug 27, 2020
Israeli tech’s ‘thirst’ for UAE cash must overcome old enmity
By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Steven Scheer DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A thaw in relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has raised expectations of an influx of funding in 'Silicon Wadi', Isr...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Oman
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Oman on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour following a U.S.-brokered deal on normalising relations between Israel and the United Ar...
Aug 27, 2020
Category 4 hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana
(Reuters) - Hurricane Laura has made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana as a category 4 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday. The hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds o...
Aug 27, 2020
A handshake and a dearth of masks at Pence’s Republican convention speech
By Jeff Mason BALTIMORE (Reuters) - When U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump greeted supporters at an outdoor venue on Wednesday night for the Republican National Convention, the...
Aug 27, 2020
Powell expected to begin laying out Fed’s new monetary policy approach
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected on Thursday to begin setting out the U.S. central bank's new strategy for meeting its price stability and maximum employme...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. continues to pursue complete, verifiable North Korea denuclearisation, says Esper
(Reuters) - The United States continues to pursue the complete and verifiable denuclearisation of North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event in Hawaii, Espe...
Aug 26, 2020
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