Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ukraine: it’s too early to blame human error for downing of passenger plane in Iran
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday it was soon to blame human error for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran in January, challenging the findings of...
Jul 14, 2020
India’s tech hub, other towns back in lockdown as coronavirus infections surge
By Sachin Ravikumar and Abhirup Roy BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's high-tech hub of Bengaluru will go back into a coronavirus lockdown for a week on Tuesday after a surge of infections, threaten...
Jul 14, 2020
On climate, it’s Biden’s green revolution versus Trump’s war on red tape
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election pits a politician who supports environmental regulation and diplomacy to tackle climate change against another determined to di...
Jul 14, 2020
Nigerian virus hunters in race against COVID-19 in Africa’s giant
By Libby George, Paul Carsten and Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Early one evening, Folasade Fadare and her team of four disease hunters piled into a van and headed for Okegun, a rural comm...
Jul 14, 2020
Asia ramps up coronavirus curbs as new clusters erupt
By Colin Packham and Naomi Tajitsu SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian states tightened borders and restricted pub visits on Tuesday, while Disney prepared to close its Hong Kong theme park and Japan ...
Jul 14, 2020
U.S. appeals court upholds block on first federal executions in 17 years
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court rejected late on Monday a request by the justice department to overturn a lower court's block on the first federal executions in 17 years while legal challenges to the...
Jul 13, 2020
Beijing’s Hong Kong office warns pro-democracy poll could violate new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing's top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the pro-democracy opposition's primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law, exacerbatin...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. Navy battles for second day to save burning warship in San Diego
By Mike Blake SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled through a second day from the air, land and water on Monday to save a U.S. war vessel swept by flames while moored at a San Diego s...
Jul 13, 2020
Singapore economy shrinks over 40% in second quarter, confirming recession
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy contracted 41.2% in the second quarter from the previous three months, entering a technical recession, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, as lockdown measure...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to appeal Dakota Access shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Monday it would appeal a federal judge's decision to shut down the Dakota Access oil pipeline, bringing the Trump administration into a fi...
Jul 13, 2020
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