Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
In echo of Mao era, China’s schools in book-cleansing drive
By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - As schools reopened in China after the COVID-19 outbreak, they have thrown themselves into a nationwide exercise to remove books deemed politically incorrect, deepen...
Jul 09, 2020
WHO sets up panel to review handling of pandemic
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments...
Jul 09, 2020
EU raises its bet on blood plasma in search for COVID-19 therapy
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to fast-track funding to treat COVID-19 patients with blood plasma collected from survivors, an EU document seen by Reuters shows, ...
Jul 09, 2020
Severe bread shortages loom for Syria as fresh U.S. sanctions grip
By Maha El Dahan and Ellen Francis DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria could face severe bread shortages for the first time since the start of the war, another challenge for President Bashar al-Assad as he...
Jul 09, 2020
Prominent plaintiffs’ firms sought government bailout to stay afloat
By Caroline Spiezio and Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several prominent plaintiffs' law firms, known for striking large settlements with companies like German carmaker Volkswagen AG and Equifax Inc...
Jul 09, 2020
Trading, underwriting soften profit plunge for some U.S. banks
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trading and underwriting revenue could provide some comfort for big Wall Street banks that begin reporting results next week, although second-quarter profits likely...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: Chinese banks prepare contingency plans over threat of U.S. sanctions, sources say
By Cheng Leng, Julie Zhu and Engen Tham BEIJING/HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state lenders are revamping contingency plans in anticipation of U.S. legislation that could penalise banks for s...
Jul 09, 2020
Actor Depp denies attacking ex-wife during detox on private island
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Johnny Depp denied attacking his ex-wife while undergoing detox to ease himself off prescription drugs on his private island in the Bahamas, London's High Co...
Jul 09, 2020
Fears at Nile’s convergence in Sudan that new dam will sap river’s strength
By Zohra Bensemra and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At an open-air, riverbank factory where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet in Sudan, Mohamed Ahmed al Ameen and his colleagues mould thousands of ...
Jul 09, 2020
‘Disaster’ U.S. earnings loom, but investors try and look beyond
By Caroline Valetkevitch and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies are preparing to open their books on a quarter that is set to show the biggest earnings fall since the financial crisis, ...
Jul 09, 2020
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