Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Germany, France push for WHO reform talks in September
By Andreas Rinke and Stephanie Nebehay BERLIN/GENEVA (Reuters) - Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-stan...
Aug 19, 2020
FDA’s emergency approval of blood plasma as COVID-19 treatment on hold: NYT
(Reuters) - The emergency approval of blood plasma as a potential COVID-19 treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now been put on hold, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing...
Aug 19, 2020
Gilead shares slide after FDA knocks back rheumatoid arthritis drug
(Reuters) - Shares of Gilead Sciences fell 3% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its experimental rheumatoid arthritis treatment, a major setback for one of the drugmaker'...
Aug 19, 2020
On Facebook, health-misinformation ‘superspreaders’ rack up billions of views: report
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc over the past year, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocacy group Avaaz...
Aug 19, 2020
Keeper of Beirut’s past looks to architectural future after blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Standing in front of the rubble of a house destroyed in Beirut's port blast, Henry Loussian brushes off the dust and dirt from fragments of its architecture all but lost among a tan...
Aug 19, 2020
GM says over 40% of new China launches in next five years will be EVs
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors Co is planning an electric car offensive in China with more than 40% of its new launches in the country over the next five years set to be electric vehicles (EVs), ...
Aug 19, 2020
California urges more conservation to avoid power outages during heat wave
(Reuters) - California power companies urged customers to conserve energy through Thursday to avoid more rotating outages as the brutal heat wave blanketing the state pushes the demand forecast for We...
Aug 19, 2020
West Bank settlers say Netanyahu duped them with annexation backtrack
By Eli Berlzon MASSUA SETTLEMENT, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel's settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their long-held dream of annexing the occupied West...
Aug 19, 2020
Exclusive: Plant-based egg maker JUST sees profit next year, then will look at IPO
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plant-based egg startup JUST says it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year an...
Aug 19, 2020
Wall Street futures inch higher after solid results from Lowe’s, Target
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday following solid earnings from retailers Target and Lowe's, a day after the S&P 500 completed its fastest recovery from a b...
Aug 19, 2020
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