Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Oil giants’ production cuts come to 1 million bpd as they post massive writedowns
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - The world's five largest oil companies collectively cut the value of their assets by nearly $50 billion in the second quarter, and slashed production rates as the coronavir...
Aug 09, 2020
Belarus holds election as street protests rattle strongman president
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus votes in an election on Sunday pitting President Alexander Lukashenko against a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to lead the biggest challenge in...
Aug 08, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, although new infections showed...
Aug 08, 2020
Esper: U.S. will cut troop levels in Afghanistan to ‘less than 5,000’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to cut its troop levels in Afghanistan to "a number less than 5,000" by the end of November, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview broadcast ...
Aug 08, 2020
Twitter, TikTok held preliminary talks about potential combination: WSJ
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc has held preliminary negotiations about a potential combination with TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources. The report added it was unclear wheth...
Aug 08, 2020
Brazil’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000: health ministry
(Reuters) - Brazil reported 49,970 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 905 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday. Brazil has registe...
Aug 08, 2020
Eastman Kodak’s $765 million U.S. loan agreement on hold after recent allegations
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co's $765 million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients has been put on hold due to "recent allegations of wrongdoin...
Aug 08, 2020
Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger over Beirut blast grows
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese protesters stormed government ministries in Beirut and trashed the offices of the Association of Lebanese Banks on Saturday as shots rang out in increasin...
Aug 08, 2020
U.S. sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million
By Diane Craft (Reuters) - The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country's top infectious...
Aug 08, 2020
Trump says he is signing executive order for payroll tax holiday
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is signing an executive order providing a payroll tax holiday for Americans earning less than $100,000 a year. Speaking to reporters in Bedm...
Aug 08, 2020
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