Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Russia trying to hack and steal COVID-19 vaccine data, says Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain's National Cy...
Jul 16, 2020
Democratic Senate challengers raised $34 million more than Republicans in key races in second quarter
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Colorado, Maine, Montana and the Carolinas helped their party out-raise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly $34 million in 10 competitive races t...
Jul 16, 2020
Apple expands coding education programs to more historically Black schools
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday t was working with 10 additional historically Black universities and colleges to become "hubs" that will teach computer programming and app des...
Jul 16, 2020
Germany urges WHO to hasten review of its handling of pandemic
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's health minister urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to speed up its review of how it handled the pandemic, apparently signalling Europe's tougher line on th...
Jul 16, 2020
Key U.S. lawmakers back unions call for new airline bailout
(Reuters) - A group of key U.S. House Democrats is backing airline unions push for a new round of government bailouts to keep workers employed in the face of tens of thousands of possible layoffs this...
Jul 16, 2020
UK ban on Huawei opens door for competitors, although consumer may pick up tab
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Britain's decision to ban China's Huawei Technologies from next-generation 5G telecom networks is the latest blow to the global leader in telecom equipment and could ...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S. executes Wesley Purkey, second federal execution in 17 years, spokeswoman says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department executed convicted murderer Wesley Purkey on Thursday, the second federal execution in a week after a 17-year pause, a Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman sa...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S. retail sales increase in June; weekly jobless claims remain elevated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in June, but the budding economic recovery is being threatened by a resurgence in new COVID-19 infections and high unemployment. T...
Jul 16, 2020
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s easing of rule on methane emissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in California late on Wednesday blocked a rollback by the Trump administration of a rule on slashing emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from oil an...
Jul 16, 2020
UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking U.S. trade documents on social media
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the ...
Jul 16, 2020
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