Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Around the world, politicians, drugmakers and regulators offer contradictory outlooks on when a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready. Much depends on what 'ready' means and for...
Aug 11, 2020
Russia names new COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ in reference to Cold War space race
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' for foreign markets, a reference to the world's first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the ...
Aug 11, 2020
Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal trade
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday, in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years and signalled ...
Aug 11, 2020
Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
By Maria Vasilyeva, Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thin...
Aug 11, 2020
Factbox: Why North Carolina and Wisconsin, U.S. political convention hosts, matter for Trump and Biden
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans chose Wisconsin and North Carolina, two battleground states that will help decide the Nov. 3 presidential election, to host their nominating co...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar faces primary challenge on Tuesday
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress and no stranger to criticism from across the aisle, faces a challenge from fe...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. appeals court to rehear ex-Trump aide Flynn’s bid to end criminal case
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday will consider whether a federal judge is obligated to honor the Trump administration's request to drop the criminal case against Pre...
Aug 11, 2020
Lebanese demand change after government quits over Beirut blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Angry Lebanese said the government's resignation on Monday did not come near to addressing the tragedy of last week's Beirut explosion and demanded the removal of what they see as a...
Aug 11, 2020
Russia approves first COVID-19 vaccine, Putin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's health ministry has given regulatory approval for the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, after less than two months of human testing,...
Aug 11, 2020
Hong Kong goods for export to U.S. to be labelled made in China
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Goods made in Hong Kong for export to the United States will need to be labelled as made in China after Sept. 25, according to a U.S. government notice posted on Tuesday....
Aug 11, 2020
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