Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Treasury’s Mnuchin open to blanket forgiveness for smaller business relief loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday policymakers should consider blanket forgiveness for all smaller businesses that received "Paycheck Protection Program" loans....
Jul 17, 2020
Pentagon issues de facto ban on Confederate flag at military bases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a policy ushering in a de facto ban on displaying the Confederate flag at U.S. military installations around the world by authorizing onl...
Jul 17, 2020
Green or Brown? As lockdowns lift, governments face a recovery climate choice
By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Despite mounting pressure for economic rescue packages to be used to tackle climate change, most of the money spent so far on overcoming th...
Jul 17, 2020
Three white men charged in killing of an unarmed Black jogger in Georgia plead not guilty
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The three white men charged with the murder of a Black jogger in south Georgia pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Chatham County Superior Court, in a case that spurred a na...
Jul 17, 2020
Extension of G20 debt freeze for poorest countries ‘highly probable’: Reinhart
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 major economies is likely to extend a freeze in debt service payments on official bilateral debt for the world's poorest countries beyond the en...
Jul 17, 2020
Suspect arrested in murder of founder of Gokada ride-sharing app, New York Times reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, who founded the Nigerian ride-sharing app Gokada, was arrested on Friday in the murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur in his Manhattan...
Jul 17, 2020
Arise Sir Tom Moore: Queen Elizabeth knights 100-year-old fundraising captain
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth II knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognising the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of the nation during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbr...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment ebbs in mid-July as COVID-19 infections surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell in the first half of July amid a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases across the country. The University of Michigan said on Friday its con...
Jul 17, 2020
Trump wants tuition help for private school students in next coronavirus bill, Conway says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump would like to see tuition aid for private-school students in the next coronavirus relief bill, top adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Friday, adding the Whi...
Jul 17, 2020
Georgia governor urges people to wear masks but won’t support mandate
(Reuters) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday urged all people in his state to wear a mask for four weeks to combat COVID-19 but declined to support mandates to wear masks, saying mandates were un...
Jul 17, 2020
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