Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Netherlands’s Rutte holds out as deadlocked EU talks go into second day
By Bart H. Meijer and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte held out against his European Union counterparts on Saturday as negotiations on a massive stimulus fund ran into...
Jul 18, 2020
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai, daughter, hospitalised for COVID-19 – media
(Reuters) - Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter were hospitalised for COVID-19 treatment, the Times of India reported on Saturday, days after her husband and father-in-law were admi...
Jul 18, 2020
Fire breaks out at Nantes cathedral in western France
PARIS (Reuters) - Firemen were battling a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning inside the cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, the local fire service said on Twitter. TV images sho...
Jul 18, 2020
John Lewis, U.S. congressman and sharecropper’s son, was civil rights hero
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Lewis, who died on Friday at age 80, was a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s who endured beatings by white police and mobs and played an ou...
Jul 18, 2020
Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verif...
Jul 18, 2020
In Hong Kong, young democrats raring to ‘resist’ as nomination period kicks off for crucial election
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong formally kicked off a two-week registration period for candidates to run in a key legislative election in September, amid fears authori...
Jul 18, 2020
U.S. civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies, Pelosi says
By Patricia Zengerle and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has d...
Jul 17, 2020
Mexican cartel shows its might as president visits its heartland
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A video depicting a sprawling military-style convoy of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels circulated on social networks on Friday just as President Andres...
Jul 17, 2020
Biden warns of Russian election meddling after receiving intelligence briefings
By Michael Martina DETROIT (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday he is now getting intelligence briefings, and has been told Russia continues to try to meddl...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by over 70,000 for second day in a row
(Reuters) - For a second day in a row, U.S. coronavirus cases rose by over 70,000 as Americans clashed over wearing masks and whether to reopen schools in a few weeks. Cases on Friday rose by at least...
Jul 17, 2020
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