Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Access restricted near U.S. consulate in Chengdu as closure deadline looms
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Police in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu restricted access to the area around the U.S. consulate on Monday morning, as a 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) deadline loomed for the...
Jul 26, 2020
Banned in China, some Falun Gong fear new Hong Kong national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - On Sunday July 5, five days after China enacted a new national security law in Hong Kong, Yang Xiaolan and three dozen Falun Gong members stood upright in a public park, their ar...
Jul 26, 2020
Global stocks on defensive as U.S.-China tensions spook investors
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures slipped and Asian shares came under pressure in early Monday trade as tit-for-tat consulate closures in China and the United States fanned worries...
Jul 26, 2020
Trump says he won’t throw out first pitch after all
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he won't be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in New York next month, just days after saying he would do so when the Yankees welcome the Bo...
Jul 26, 2020
Australia’s regulator sues Google over personal data use
(Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet's Google for allegedly not telling consumers about the expanded use of personal data for targeted advertis...
Jul 26, 2020
White House, Senate Republicans reach agreement on coronavirus aid bill, Meadows says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Senate Republicans have reached "an agreement in principle" on the next coronavirus relief bill, a White House official said on Sunday. White House Chief of ...
Jul 26, 2020
China expands state jobs for graduates as coronavirus hits private sector
By Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - China's thousands of state-owned enterprises, local governments, and public institutions are expanding hiring as a record number of students graduate into a job...
Jul 26, 2020
New Zealand PM Ardern’s ratings sky high ahead of election
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's party raced ahead of rivals in the latest opinion poll, putting the charismatic 40-year-old leader on track for a co...
Jul 26, 2020
Rare Hawaiian hurricane, packing strong winds and rains, approaches islands
(Reuters) - Hurricane Douglas bore down on Hawaii on Sunday packing torrential rains and damaging winds as it churned just east of the islands in the central Pacific, forecasters said, with one local ...
Jul 26, 2020
Self-exiled Belarus presidential contender pins hopes on new ‘Joan of Arc’
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for his freedom and custody of his children has told Reuters the country's opposition...
Jul 26, 2020
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