Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Afghan president to sign release of Taliban prisoners, peace talks expected in days
By Hamid Shalizi and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - Long-awaited peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban were expected to start in Qatar within a week once the final b...
Aug 10, 2020
At least one killed, dozens injured in Belarus clashes after election: human rights group
MINSK (Reuters) - At least one person was killed after being knocked over by a police prisoner van and dozens were injured in clashes between police and protesters after the Belarus presidential elect...
Aug 10, 2020
Top U.S. mall operator Simon faces pandemic pain
By Uday Sampath Kumar and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Surging COVID-19 infections in big states like California, Texas and Florida are scaring shoppers away from newly reopened malls, dealing a blow to...
Aug 10, 2020
Testing royal taboos: inside Thailand’s new youth protests
By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from Thailand's Kasetsart and Mahanakorn universities debated whether to ...
Aug 09, 2020
Health chief Azar conveys support from Trump in Taiwan visit
TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday that it was a true honour to be in Taipei to convey a strong message of support from U.S. President Dona...
Aug 09, 2020
U.S. Attorney General Barr says the left wants to tear down system
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr mounted a partisan attack on the Democratic Party in an interview that aired Sunday, claiming the left believes in "tearing down the syst...
Aug 09, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest seven on suspicion of breaching new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Monday they had arrested 7 people on suspicion of breaching the city's new national security law for offences including collusion with foreign powers. Po...
Aug 09, 2020
Asian shares on backfoot as focus shifts to U.S. stimulus, China tensions
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as investors kept one eye on flaring tensions between the United States and China and another eye on U.S. fiscal stimulus a...
Aug 09, 2020
HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law: top aide
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested for suspected collusion with foreign forces under the national security law Beijing imposed on the global financial hub in June...
Aug 09, 2020
Australian PM extends lead as country’s most preferred leader, poll shows
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended his lead as the country's most preferred leader, a poll showed on Monday, boosted by his government's coronavirus wage subsidy ...
Aug 09, 2020
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