Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Tropical Storm Fay to bring drenching rainfall to U.S. Northeast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freshly formed Tropical Storm Fay was expected to sweep across the heavily populated northeastern United States on Friday, bringing moderate to heavy rains and the potential for s...
Jul 10, 2020
Exclusive: Lonza expects EPA approval coming ‘very soon’ to make COVID-killing claims for disinfectants on surfaces
By Siddharth Cavale and Richa Naidu (Reuters) - Lonza Group AG is in the "last step" of discussions with U.S. regulators for approval to claim that its formulation is effective in killing the novel Co...
Jul 10, 2020
Fauci says likely some degree of aerosol transmission of new coronavirus
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new coronavirus is likely spreading through the air to some degree, the United States' top infectious disease official said on Friday, one day after the World Health Organizat...
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fall; underlying inflation stabilizing
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in June as rising costs for energy goods were offset by weakness in services, pointing to subdued inflation that should ...
Jul 10, 2020
China bank lending hits record $1.72 trillion in first half after solid June
By Judy Hua and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - New bank lending in China rose 22.3% in June as authorities continued to boost credit and ease policy to get the world's second-largest economy humming ag...
Jul 10, 2020
Turkish court paves way to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque
ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court said on Friday it annulled a 1934 government decree turning Istanbul's Hagia Sophia into a museum, ruling it was unlawful, paving the way for the building's conversi...
Jul 10, 2020
Mexican president thanks Trump for less ‘discriminatory’ tone and sidestepping wall
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Friday expressed his gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump for avoiding a "discriminatory tone" during the two leaders' summit in Washington, as well a...
Jul 10, 2020
Take Five: A bull with underlying health conditions
1/EUROPE: FINAL COUNTDOWN Southern European bonds and the euro have rallied hard in the two months since France and Germany mooted a 750 billion-euro ($848 billion) post-COVID-19 recovery fund. On Jul...
Jul 10, 2020
‘Sacrificed on the altar’: Myanmar jade mine disaster fed by COVID-era desperation
By Sam Aung Moon HPAKANT (Reuters) - Sut Seng Du says he turned over 100 bodies as he clawed through the mud in a heavy downpour last week, before he finally found his brother, one of 172 people burie...
Jul 10, 2020
Gilead says additional data on remdesivir shows improved clinical recovery
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said on Friday additional data from a late-stage study showed its antiviral remdesivir significantly improved clinical recovery in severely ill COVID-19 patients. Findi...
Jul 10, 2020
