Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Top lithium producer SQM posts record sales, profits plagued by low prices
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean miner SQM achieved record second-quarter sales even as low prices ravaged profits, the world's No. 2 producer of the metal used in electric car batteries said on Wednesday...
Aug 20, 2020
Wall Street futures extend slide on Fed jitters, jobless claims awaited
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as investors cautiously awaited the weekly jobless claims report, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled an arduous recovery for ...
Aug 20, 2020
Haiti’s schools re-open but many parents now can’t afford them
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's school children missed class this year first due to months of violent unrest, then the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as schools are fin...
Aug 20, 2020
California’s notorious ‘Golden State Killer’ faces sentencing
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A former California police officer dubbed the "Golden State Killer" who confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes during the 1970s and '80s faces a life prison term when he is...
Aug 20, 2020
Alaska’s salmon are shrinking, and climate change may be to blame
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's highly prized salmon - a favorite of seafood lovers the world over - are getting smaller, and climate change is a suspected culprit, a new study ...
Aug 20, 2020
China vows all necessary measures to protect its firms following U.S. curbs on Huawei
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take "all necessary measures" to protect its firms' legitimate interests, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, in response to the U.S. move this week to further tight...
Aug 20, 2020
Go back to work, Malians told, as colonel Goita declares himself junta head
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Army colonel Assimi Goita presented himself as head of the junta that ousted Mali's president, as its spokesman sought to reassure citizens that daily life could resume as normal fr...
Aug 20, 2020
In U.S.-China tech war, investors bet on China’s localisation push
By Samuel Shen and Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As the U.S.-China "tech war" widens, investors are betting on China's efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run netw...
Aug 20, 2020
China, U.S. to hold trade talks in coming days: China commerce ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States have agreed to hold trade talks "in the coming days" to evaluate the progress made on their Phase 1 trade deal at the six-month mark after it was reache...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran unveils locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid U.S. tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 1,400 km and a new cruise missile, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday...
Aug 20, 2020
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