Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. weekly jobless claims hover at higher levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, but remained significantly high, suggesting the labor market was stalling as the country battles a resurgen...
Aug 06, 2020
Why the coronavirus is killing so many of Mexico’s healthcare workers
By Diego Or MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When the coronavirus epidemic began to intensify in Mexico at the end of March, Doctor Jose Garcia said his bosses at a public trauma hospital in Mexico City denied...
Aug 06, 2020
Risk coronavirus or default: ride-hail drivers face tough choices as U.S. aid expires
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a difficult decision as federal unemployment aid expires: risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home, or resume driving...
Aug 06, 2020
Futures muted ahead of weekly unemployment claims data
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were flat on Thursday as investors looked forward to the latest weekly jobless claims report to gauge the pace of a rebound in the labor market, whi...
Aug 06, 2020
Fresh U.S. pandemic stimulus should be more targeted: Raghuram Rajan
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - The United States should take a more targeted approach with its new pandemic aid so it can save ammunition in case of a future economic slowdown or a second wave of infe...
Aug 06, 2020
As U.S. Congress wrangles over aid, millions of renters get desperate
By Jonnelle Marte NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amanda Geno accepted what felt like a dream job offer on March 13 from a college near Holyoke, Massachusetts, putting an end to a six-month search after she was ...
Aug 06, 2020
Conservatives battling to the end in Tennessee U.S. Senate primary
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tennessee Republicans will cast their ballots on Thursday in a bitter Senate primary race that will test President Donald Trump's influence and as the two leadi...
Aug 06, 2020
White House, Congress to resume coronavirus talks on major issues
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top congressional Democrats and White House officials will try again on Thursday to find a compromise on legislation that would enable Congress to come to t...
Aug 06, 2020
Canadian preacher jailed in Myanmar for holding services during virus ban
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar court on Thursday sentenced a Canadian preacher who said Christians were immune to the novel coronavirus to jail with hard labour for three months for holdi...
Aug 06, 2020
AstraZeneca in deal with Kangtai Bio to supply potential COVID-19 vaccine in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - AstraZeneca PLC has signed an exclusive framework agreement with China's Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products to supply its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in mainland China, the Britis...
Aug 06, 2020
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