Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. CDC reports 4,163,892 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 4,163,892 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 64,582 cases from its previous daily count, and said the num...
Jul 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro asks top court to unblock supporters’ profiles amid fake news probe
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged a Supreme Court order that blocked several of his supporters' profiles on social networks amid an ongoing ...
Jul 26, 2020
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Alabama bridge for final time
By Chris Aluka Berry SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) - The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after his "Bloody Sunday" beating there drew a national spotli...
Jul 26, 2020
‘Gone With The Wind’ star Olivia de Havilland dies aged 104
LONDON (Reuters) - "Gone With the Wind" star Olivia de Havilland, whose acting career included two Academy Awards, a victory over Hollywood's studio system and a long-running feud with sister Joan Fon...
Jul 26, 2020
Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows
By Daniela Desantis and Javier Leira ASUNCION/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reute...
Jul 26, 2020
Moderna gets further $472 million U.S. award for coronavirus vaccine development
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Sunday it has received an additional $472 million from the U.S. government's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support development of it...
Jul 26, 2020
Florida records 9,300 new coronavirus cases, blows past New York
By Diane Craft (Reuters) - Florida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reut...
Jul 26, 2020
‘Delicious taxes’: Thai protesters use Japanese cartoon hamster to mock government
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a Japanese cartoon jingle on Sunday with lyrics mocking the government as hungry hamsters feasting on taxpayer cash, par...
Jul 26, 2020
Gulf dispute has gone on too long, U.S. envoy says on visit
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy Brian Hook said on Sunday a deep rift among Gulf Arab states had gone on for too long and he urged them to rebuild trust and unity. Gulf states Saudi Arabia, the U...
Jul 26, 2020
Set sail and social distance: Taiwan resumes ocean cruise amid pandemic
By Ann Wang KEELUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan resumed an island-hoping ocean cruise on Sunday, joining a handful of places in the world to restart voyages after the coronavirus pandemic brought the i...
Jul 26, 2020
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