Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Navajo Nation asks Trump to spare Native American from execution
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to spare the life of the only Native American on federal death row, arguing the U.S. gove...
Aug 11, 2020
Facebook to independently audit metrics on enforcement report
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will make the metrics of its content enforcement report available for external auditors to conduct an independent audit, the social network said on Tuesday. Introduced in 2018...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. will ‘bond out’ to cover Social Security, Medicare gaps under Trump’s tax order: Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday the U.S. government will borrow funds to cover any Social Security and Medicare shortfalls that may arise under Preside...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S.-China trade deal is ‘fine’, China still buying U.S goods: Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is continuing to buy U.S. goods and particularly commodities under the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal signed in January, despite rising tensions on Hong Kong and other issu...
Aug 11, 2020
Moderna says uncertain about coronavirus vaccine patent exclusivity
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said there was a possibility it was not the first company to make breakthroughs claimed in its patent applications, including those for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, ac...
Aug 11, 2020
Half the daily 100,000 COVID-19 cases in Americas are in U.S. – WHO director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than 100,000 cases of C0VID-19 are being reported every day in the Americas, half of them in the United States, and there are worrisome spikes in countries that had controlle...
Aug 11, 2020
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese tanker oil spill spreads
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean island's most pristine beaches after a Japan...
Aug 11, 2020
Facing pandemic squeeze, universities hit bond markets for cheap cash
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Universities, waiting to see how hard the coronavirus pandemic will hit overseas enrolments and government grants, have gone on a borrowing spree in the bond mar...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. did not fully assess civilian risks when pushing Saudi arms sales: report
By Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties when it pushed through a massive sale of precision-gui...
Aug 11, 2020
J&J eyes one billion doses of potential COVID-19 shot in 2021, weighs challenge trials
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson could produce 1 billion doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine next year if it proves successful and would consider injecting healthy vol...
Aug 11, 2020
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