Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. small businesses face mass closures without more pandemic aid
By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte OAKLAND, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) - After surviving two strokes at age 27, Olivia Colt threw herself into starting a catering business, a lifelong dream. Ten years an...
Jul 29, 2020
Exclusive: ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid – sources
By Echo Wang, Kane Wu and Julie Zhu NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some investors of TikTok's parent company ByteDance seeking to take over the popular social media app are valuing it at about $50 bil...
Jul 29, 2020
Futures edge higher ahead of Fed policy meet
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Wednesday as investors hoped for cues of support from the Federal Reserve, while the country grappled with a spike i...
Jul 29, 2020
Trump says he never confronted Putin about Russia bounty reports: Axios
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Russia paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanis...
Jul 29, 2020
EU executive signs remdesivir deal with Gilead
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Wednesday it has signed a contract with Gilead for its COVID-19 medicine remdesivir that would cover 30,000 patients in the bloc from early ...
Jul 29, 2020
White House, lawmakers tangle over scope of new coronavirus legislation
By David Morgan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional leaders will try on Wednesday to narrow their stark differences over a coronavir...
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities approach 150,000
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by 10,000 in 11 days, according to a Reuters tally....
Jul 29, 2020
Support dips for protests, but many Americans still reject Trump’s response: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' support for the Black Lives Matter protests has declined since the immediate aftermath of the death of George Floyd in May renewed a national conversation...
Jul 29, 2020
Takeda-led COVID-19 plasma treatment unlikely to meet July goal of trial start
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A group led by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co have completed test supplies of a blood plasma treatment for COVID-19, but pending regulator approval will likely prevent clini...
Jul 29, 2020
From scandal to accusations of disloyalty, South Korea’s new point men on North have dramatic past
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in's new point men on North Korea face a daunting challenge: they must engineer a breakthrough in strained ties amid public scrutiny o...
Jul 29, 2020
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