Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Harvard, MIT seek temporary halt to Trump administration rule on international students
(Reuters) - Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have asked a federal court to temporarily block a Trump administration rule that would bar foreign students from remaining in t...
Jul 08, 2020
TikTok’s ad launch faces challenges from U.S. ban threat, hoaxes
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - TikTok's launch on Wednesday of a new platform to court small business advertisers is fraught with challenges, especially after the Trump administration's threat this week t...
Jul 08, 2020
NHC says 60% chance of cyclone along South Carolina coast
(Reuters) - An area of low pressure along the coast of northeastern South Carolina has about a 60% chance of cyclone formation in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesda...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. government to invest $42 million in Becton Dickinson’s injection device production
(Reuters) - Becton Dickinson and Co said on Wednesday the U.S. government will invest $42 million to expand the medical technology company's manufacturing lines for injection devices to support vaccin...
Jul 08, 2020
Special Report: Hong Kong’s top cop overshadows embattled leader Lam as China cracks down
By Greg Torode, James Pomfret and David Lague HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong fretted over tough new national security legislation Beijing was fashioning earlier this year, Chris Tang enthusiastica...
Jul 08, 2020
Texas to execute man convicted of killing elderly man for his truck
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Texas inmate who was convicted of fatally shooting an elderly man at his home as he robbed him of his truck nearly three decades ago is scheduled to be executed by let...
Jul 08, 2020
Mexican president to hold first meeting with Trump as U.S. election looms
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meets with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, for the first time on Wednesday, in a potentially awkward encount...
Jul 08, 2020
Futures wobble as U.S. coronavirus cases top three million
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked lower in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines in the face of an alarming rise in coronavirus caseloads across the ...
Jul 08, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba’s Ant plans Hong Kong IPO, targets valuation over $200 billion, sources say
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans a Hong Kong float as soon as this year and targets a valuation of more than $200 billion, said ...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong’s new security law
By Brenda Goh and Pei Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants face a reckoning over how Hong Kong's security law will reshape their businesses, with their suspension of processing governmen...
Jul 08, 2020
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