Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Florida records 12,000 new COVID-19 cases, a day after shattering records
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Florida recorded more than 12,600 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its second-highest daily total since the outbreak began, coinciding with the state's attempt to revive t...
Jul 13, 2020
Disney to shut Hong Kong Disneyland again as coronavirus cases rise
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. is temporarily closing its Hong Kong Disneyland theme park from July 15 amid rising coronavirus cases in the Chinese-ruled city, the company said Monday. Th...
Jul 13, 2020
Trump should use Defense Production Act to expand COVID-19 testing, NYC mayor says
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump should invoke the Defense Production Act to expand the capacity of labs to process tests for the novel co...
Jul 13, 2020
Coronavirus crisis may get “worse and worse and worse”, warns WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The raging coronavirus pandemic has the potential to get far worse if all nations do not adhere to basic healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday...
Jul 13, 2020
Hong Kong leader says pro-democracy ‘protest’ vote might have violated new security laws
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday that an unofficial city-wide election conducted by the pro-democracy camp over the weekend might have ...
Jul 13, 2020
White House to name Kratsios as Pentagon acting tech chief: official
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to announce on Monday that U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios is being tapped to serve as the acting Under Secretary of Def...
Jul 13, 2020
Trump takes swipes at Fauci, CDC as coronavirus cases rise
By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday took swipes at health experts in his government leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak, as his relationship furth...
Jul 13, 2020
Global coronavirus cases rise above 13 million, U.S. infections surge
By Gayle Issa (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose above 13 million across the world on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, climbing by one million in just five days in a pandemic that has killed...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. judge delays first federal execution in 17 years
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge issued an injunction on Monday stopping what would have been the first federal execution in 17 years from being carried out later in the day in order to allow legal ch...
Jul 13, 2020
G7 finance ministers called for full implementation of G20 debt freeze: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G7 finance ministers on Monday called for full implementation of a G20 freeze in debt service payments by all official bilateral creditors and adherence to debt data transparenc...
Jul 13, 2020
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