Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Canada’s biggest banks join boycott of Facebook platforms
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc begun by U.S. civil rights groups seeking to pressure the wo...
Jul 03, 2020
Russia says Bolton’s account of INF treaty talks distorted
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian defence official accused former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Friday of distorting facts in his memoir about talks with the Russian authorities abou...
Jul 03, 2020
‘Falling off a cliff’: Lebanon’s poor borrow to buy bread
By Laila Bassam and Yara Abi Nader TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - For Amer al Dahn, the idea of eating meat is now a dream. Today, he can't even afford bread and depends on credit from the local grocer ...
Jul 03, 2020
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz to streamline global production network
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz is seeking to streamline global production, the German carmaker said on Friday, resulting in a restructuring charge of hundreds of millions of euros in th...
Jul 03, 2020
Russia’s constitutional changes to come into force on July 4 – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Changes to the Russian constitution, including an amendment that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to rule the country until 2036, will come into force on July 4, the ...
Jul 03, 2020
Turkish court tries Saudis in absentia for Khashoggi killing
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court put 20 Saudi officials on trial in absentia on Friday for the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which sparked international outrage and t...
Jul 03, 2020
Many Americans’ July 4 celebrations go virtual as COVID-19 cases surge
(Reuters) - On a holiday weekend that would typically draw crowds to watch fireworks, march in parades and wave the red, white and blue, many Americans kicked off Independence Day exactly where they h...
Jul 03, 2020
Trump visits Mount Rushmore amid controversy, coronavirus concerns
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will begin his July Fourth celebrations with a trip to Mount Rushmore on Friday despite concerns about gathering a large crowd during the no...
Jul 03, 2020
The world’s largest Confederate Monument faces renewed calls for removal
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, a nine-story-high bas-relief sculpture carved into a sprawling rock face northeast of Atlanta, is perhaps the South's most audaci...
Jul 03, 2020
Google-backed groups criticize Apple’s new warnings on user tracking
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - A group of European digital advertising associations on Friday criticized Apple Inc's plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users befor...
Jul 03, 2020
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