Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
EU court scraps EU order to Apple to pay $15 billion in Irish taxes
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's second-top court on Wednesday rejected an EU order to iPhone maker Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14.78 billion) in Irish back taxes. "The General Court annuls the con...
Jul 15, 2020
Some gold, bauxite mines in Venezuelan Amazon run by criminal gangs – U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Some gold, diamond and bauxite mines in the Venezuelan Amazon are largely controlled by criminal gangs who exploit, beat and even kill workers, a United Nations...
Jul 15, 2020
Toppled slave trader’s statue replaced by Black protester in England
LONDON (Reuters) - A sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air has been erected in place of a 17th Century English slave trader whose statue was toppled by anti-racism demonstrato...
Jul 15, 2020
The mobilising power of the BTS ARMY
(Reuters) - BTS, the South Korean supergroup, is known for churning out hits and energising a growing global fan base. Early in June, those fans - collectively called ARMY - put their energy behind an...
Jul 15, 2020
Cambodian Russia Today translator’s ‘fake news’ case sent to appeal court
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the case of a translator jailed for involvement in a Russia Today documentary about sex trafficking be heard by a...
Jul 15, 2020
Trump on UK’s Huawei ban: ‘I did this myself’
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said that he was responsible for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to ban Huawei from Britain's 5G network from the end of 2027. On Tuesday, Johnso...
Jul 15, 2020
Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods amid boycott campaign
(Reuters) - U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to support Goya Foods after the largest Hispanic-owned U.S. food company became the target of a social media boycott campa...
Jul 15, 2020
Organiser of Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries steps down amid Beijing pressure
By Jessie Pang and Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - A key organiser of primary elections for Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp said on Wednesday he was stepping down after Beijing said the vote may viola...
Jul 14, 2020
Over 2,500 games removed from Apple’s China App Store after loophole shuts: data firm
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 2,500 mobile games were removed from Apple's China app store in the first week of July, four times as many in the same period in June, after Apple closed a lo...
Jul 14, 2020
Democrat Sara Gideon wins nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Susan Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Maine chose Sara Gideon, the speaker of the state's House of Representatives, as their nominee for the U.S. Senate in November elections, when she will face off aga...
Jul 14, 2020
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