Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Black-white unemployment rate gap widens again in July
(Reuters) - The gap in the U.S. jobless rate between whites and Blacks widened for a third straight month in July, making the gulf between the races the widest in more than five years, Labor Departmen...
Aug 07, 2020
Explainer: Trump wants to bypass U.S. coronavirus aid talks with executive order. Can he?
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With congressional Democrats and White House negotiators so far unable to agree on a deal to salve the heavy economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic, Pres...
Aug 07, 2020
UK says progress made on Brexit; EU trade deal can be done
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top minister overseeing Brexit talks said on Friday that progress had been made with the European Union so he believed the two sides would clinch a free trade agreement. T...
Aug 07, 2020
Pfizer signs deal to supply Gilead’s remdesivir for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it signed a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc to manufacture and supply the company's antiviral drug remdesivir for COVID-19 patients. The U.S. drugma...
Aug 07, 2020
Old, new U.S. envoys the same – ‘they bite off more than they can chew’, Iran says
(Reuters) - A senior Iranian official said on Friday there was no difference between the outgoing and incoming U.S. special envoys for Iran because American officials "bite off more than they can chew...
Aug 07, 2020
Pandemic just a bump in the road for Sturgis motorcycle rally
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - At least 100,000 people are expected to attend the 10-day annual Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota's Black Hills opening on Friday, with its economic heft overriding ...
Aug 07, 2020
German band keeps on swingin’ through pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Undeterred by the coronavirus, a Berlin-based swing band has been streaming nightly gigs from the family living room since the start of lockdown and is determined to carry on until ...
Aug 07, 2020
Sino-U.S. tensions hit futures ahead of jobs report
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as President Donald Trump's moves to ban WeChat and TikTok intensified tensions with Beijing, while investors also braced fo...
Aug 07, 2020
As Trump attacks mail ballots, Republicans see their own prospects damaged
By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - With less than 90 days until Election Day, Republicans are scrambling to counter the effects of Donald Trump's verbal war on mail ballots amid growing evidence ...
Aug 07, 2020
‘No way we can rebuild’: Lebanese count huge losses after Beirut blast
By Michael Georgy and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut residents began trying to rebuild their shattered lives on Friday after the biggest blast in the Lebanese capital's history tore into the ...
Aug 07, 2020
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