Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pfizer, BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccines get FDA’s ‘fast track’ status
(Reuters) - Two experimental coronavirus vaccines by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 'fast track' designation, t...
Jul 13, 2020
Federal Reserve’s $3 trillion virus rescue inflates market bubbles
By Kate Duguid (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's $3 trillion bid to stave off an economic crisis in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is fuelling excesses across U.S. capital markets. The U.S. cent...
Jul 13, 2020
Factbox: Trump and Biden divided on race, criminal justice policies
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, have contrasting views and records on criminal justice and the U.S. racial divi...
Jul 13, 2020
Chipmaker Analog Devices to buy Maxim Integrated for $20.91 billion
(Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc said on Monday it offered to buy Maxim Integrated Products Inc, an industry peer, for $20.91 billion in an all-stock deal. Under the terms, Maxi...
Jul 13, 2020
New U.S. health crisis looms as patients without COVID-19 delay care
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - A Texas man who waited until his brain tumor was softball-sized; a baby who suffered an ear infection for six days; a heart patient who died: The resurgence of COVID-19...
Jul 13, 2020
Germans buy better meat, substitutes after abattoir scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Concern about poor working conditions in the meat industry after repeated coronavirus outbreaks at slaughterhouses may speed up a trend among Germans to opt for higher-priced, bette...
Jul 13, 2020
Amid pandemic, wealthy U.S. families approved for government loans
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - Private investment firms that manage the fortunes of wealthy individuals and their kin were approved for millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded relief loans d...
Jul 13, 2020
Diageo to launch Johnnie Walker whisky in paper bottles in 2021
(Reuters) - Johnnie Walker scotch whisky will be available in plastic-free bottles from early 2021, Diageo Plc said on Monday, as the world's biggest spirits maker ramps up efforts to tackle plastic w...
Jul 13, 2020
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, has died, ANC spokesman says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, has died, the spokesman of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Mo...
Jul 13, 2020
Bomb blast, clash at Afghan government compound, dozens hurt
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen clashed with security forces following a car-bomb blast at a government compound in Afghanistan's northern province of Samangan on Monday, officials said...
Jul 13, 2020
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