Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump pushes anti-immigrant message even as coronavirus dominates campaign
By Ted Hesson and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump is powering ahead with his anti-immigration agenda, even as voters say they are more concerned with the coronavi...
Aug 14, 2020
‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furore
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new...
Aug 14, 2020
Investors in Belarus face ‘dictator dilemma’, Putin may hold the key
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Investors face a classic 'dictator dilemma' in Belarus - hold on to securities that benefit from the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and sever their ties -...
Aug 14, 2020
‘They beat everyone’: Belarus releases protesters as EU weighs sanctions
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian authorities released detained demonstrators on Friday after issuing a rare public apology in an effort to quell nationwide street protests that pose th...
Aug 14, 2020
For China’s landlords, rent-to-riches dreams fade in red flag for fragile economy
By Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao BEIJING (Reuters) - Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China's private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out. ...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises the program, says China
BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises and stigmatises the normal functioning of the program, China's foreign ministry said on Friday. The Institutes have been observin...
Aug 14, 2020
China Sinopharm’s potential COVID-19 vaccine triggers antibodies in clinical trials: journal
BEIJING (Reuters) - A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by a unit of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) appeared to be safe and triggered antibody-based immune responses in early an...
Aug 14, 2020
UK buys more potential COVID-19 vaccines from J&J and Novavax
By Alistair Smout and Josephine Mason LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will buy potential COVID-19 vaccines from U.S. drugmakers Johnson & Johnson and Novavax Inc, the companies said on Friday, bringing the...
Aug 14, 2020
Afghan government releases 80 of final 400 Taliban prisoners
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who the militants want freed before they agree to start peace neg...
Aug 14, 2020
Google to end responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities: newspaper
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter. ...
Aug 14, 2020
