Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Founder of Nigeria’s Gokada found dismembered in New York apartment: media
(Reuters) - A technology entrepreneur who founded Nigeria's Gokada ride-hailing app was found decapitated and dismembered in a luxury New York apartment with a power saw plugged in nearby, New York me...
Jul 15, 2020
Vaccine alliance says 75 countries keen to join ‘COVAX’ access facility
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee rapid and equitable access globally to COVID-19 vaccines, the GAVI vaccine...
Jul 15, 2020
Back-to-school sales to hit $102 billion as laptop buys surge: NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. households are likely to spend a record $102 billion in back-to-school shopping next month, with laptop sales set to boom as parents anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic will keep at leas...
Jul 15, 2020
Russian scientists hail results of COVID-19 vaccine trial
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists hailed the results of their first clinical trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, saying it had been proved safe and that volunteers had developed...
Jul 15, 2020
Living near gas flaring sites may increase risk of preterm birth, study shows
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women living near oil and gas production sites where natural gas is flared may be at a higher risk of giving birth preterm, a team of California researchers...
Jul 15, 2020
Global financial system still at risk of liquidity stress, market shocks: FSB
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global financial system remains vulnerable to further liquidity stresses and a potential "sudden and sharp" market repricing as economies continue to reel ...
Jul 15, 2020
As virus-wary shoppers opt for online purchases, retailers pay the price
By Lisa Baertlein, Melissa Fares and Nivedita Balu LOS ANGELES(Reuters) - Online sales may be a saving grace for pandemic-battered retailers with fewer shoppers in their stores. But many retailers, fr...
Jul 15, 2020
Over 224,000 COVID-19 deaths forecast in US by November 1, says University of Washington’s IHME
(Reuters) - A newly revised University of Washington model projects the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 will climb to just above 224,000 by Nov. 1, up 16,000 from a prior forecast, due to rising infecti...
Jul 15, 2020
Survey finds 40% of U.S. LGBTQ youth considered suicide in past year
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty percent of young LGBTQ people in the United States say they have seriously considered suicide over the past 12 months, according to a survey released on Wed...
Jul 15, 2020
U.S. import prices beat expectations in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased more than expected in June amid a surge in the cost of fuel, but the overall trend remained weak, suggesting inflation could stay tame despite a jum...
Jul 15, 2020
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