Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. immigration officials spread coronavirus with detainee transfers
By Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Reade Levinson NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Public health specialists have for months warned the U.S. government that shuffling detainees among immigration de...
Jul 17, 2020
On eve of bankruptcy, U.S. firms shower execs with bonuses
By Mike Spector and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Nearly a third of more than 40 large companies seeking U.S. bankruptcy protection during the coronavirus pandemic awarded bonuses to executives within ...
Jul 17, 2020
Special Report: Civil rights icon defied death. Now he and his wife navigate pandemic, protests
By Joshua Schneyer JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Judy Meredith isn't always sure where her husband goes when he walks out into the Mississippi morning. At age 87, Jay is as stubborn as ever about h...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, as China and the United ...
Jul 17, 2020
Exclusive: Pact to aid poor cocoa farmers in peril as COVID-19 hits demand
By Maytaal Angel and Ange Aboa LONDON/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The steepest dive in cocoa demand in a decade has thrown into jeopardy a plan by top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to guarantee some two mil...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. Congress set for battle over next coronavirus aid bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress returns to Washington on Monday with Democratic and Republican leaders agreeing that they need to pass something to salve the heavy toll of th...
Jul 17, 2020
Biden facing pressure within party as running mate search enters final phase
By Joseph Ax and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is facing pressure from contending groups inside his party as he prepares to interview a shortlist of women fo...
Jul 17, 2020
Indian defence minister hoping for a resolution to border row with China
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's defence minister said on Friday he hoped talks could bring some sort of resolution to a border standoff with China that led to a deadly clash last mont...
Jul 17, 2020
Hong Kong demands Taiwan officials sign ‘one China’ document for visa renewal: source
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed if they don't sign a document supporting Beijing's claim to Taiwan under its "one China" po...
Jul 17, 2020
Exclusive: EU stimulus funds attract 1,000-plus green projects
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - More than 1,000 climate friendly projects could line up for a piece of the EU's post-coronavirus recovery package, as ministers begin to discuss the bloc's 2021-27 ...
Jul 17, 2020
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