Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned on Monday that while there were strong hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine, there might never be a "silver bullet" for the coronavirus that has infecte...

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Rival drugmakers AbbVie Inc , Amgen Inc and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc on Monday said they have begun treating patients in a trial to quickly show whether a drug from each...

BELFAST (Reuters) - John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on...

By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's favourite holding period -- forever -- has few fans these days, with the average length of time shares spend in a por...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it will suspend its extradition agreement with New Zealand in response to Wellington suspending its existing extradition treaty with Hong Kong. Chinese foreign...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reported on Monday, citing his biographer. Be...

By Lawrence White and Alun John LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings PLC warned its bad debt charges could blow past a previous estimate to $13 billion this year and said its profits more than h...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance said on Monday that the company had initiated preliminary talks with a tech company to help it continue offering the short video app in the United S...

(Reuters) - Men's Wearhouse owner Tailored Brands filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, adding to a list of brick-and-mortar retailers that have succumbed to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. T...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co surged more than 8% on Monday after U.S. investment firm Bain Capital made a sweetened $1.2 billion offer. Bain raised its of...