Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Actress Heard says ex-husband Depp threatened to kill her
LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Amber Heard began giving evidence on Monday in Johnny Depp's libel action against a British tabloid, telling London's High Court that her ex-husband had threatened to kill h...
Jul 20, 2020
Olympics: Human Rights Watch report documents abuse of child athletes in Japanese sport
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after document...
Jul 20, 2020
BNP Paribas plays long-game to be Europe’s banking winner from COVID crisis
By Maya Nikolaeva and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 crisis struck Europe, companies turned to one bank more than any other to arrange emergency loans: BNP Paribas . The French len...
Jul 20, 2020
Democracy activist Joshua Wong launches bid for Hong Kong legislature
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong applied on Monday to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, raising the prospect of a battle with authorities ...
Jul 20, 2020
Ebay nears deal to sell classified-ads unit to Norway’s Adventia: WSJ
(Reuters) - EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group Adevinta as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business, the Wall Street J...
Jul 20, 2020
When the U.S. sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe COVID-19?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped pull the world along as the extra cas...
Jul 20, 2020
U.S. federal judge’s son shot and killed, husband wounded in New Jersey: media
(Reuters) - The husband and son of federal judge Esther Salas were shot at their home in New Jersey on Sunday, media reported. The judge's son was killed, while the husband is in critical condition, t...
Jul 19, 2020
Exclusive: Global banks scrutinize their Hong Kong clients for pro-democracy ties – sources
By Sumeet Chatterjee, James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the city's pro-democracy movement, in an ...
Jul 19, 2020
Police seek three for U.S. capital shooting that killed one, hurt eight
(Reuters) - Police in Washington, D.C. are hunting for three men over what appeared to be a targeted attack that killed one person and wounded eight when armed men fired at a group, the police chief o...
Jul 19, 2020
EU leaders struggle with ‘mission impossible’ at deadlocked recovery summit
By John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders stood at an impasse on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, b...
Jul 19, 2020
