Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran’s support of proxies in Iraq
(Reuters) - Iran's financial and military support for Shi'ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic ...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. Vice President Pence supports governors pausing re-openings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday he supported governors who are pausing their states' re-openings during the coronavirus pandemic, but sees no need for a national...
Jul 02, 2020
Botswana investigating mystery deaths of 275 elephants
GABORONE (Reuters) - The number of elephants found dead in Botswana's Okavango Panhandle has risen to 275 from 154 reported two weeks ago, the government said on Thursday. Authorities are investigatin...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court takes up Germany’s appeal in Nazi art dispute
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Germany's bid to block it from facing a lawsuit in American court over medieval artwork that its former Nazi gover...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court sends Indiana abortion cases back to lower courts
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sent two Indiana abortion disputes back to lower courts including a fight over a restriction that would require women to un...
Jul 02, 2020
Exclusive: Hong Kong activists discuss ‘parliament-in-exile’ after China crackdown
By Natalie Thomas and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament-in-exile to keep the flame of democracy alive and ...
Jul 02, 2020
Florida shatters records with over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in single day
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Florida shattered records on Thursday when it reported over 10,000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase in the state since the pandemic started, according t...
Jul 02, 2020
Gap in U.S. Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years
(Reuters) - The gap between the U.S. unemployment rates for Blacks and whites widened further in June, to its largest in five years. Jobless rates for both fell in June, but the rate for whites came d...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear bid by Iraqis to avoid deportation
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a bid by a large group of Iraqis convicted of crimes in the United States to prevent imminent deportation to the...
Jul 02, 2020
Trump says jobs report proves U.S. economy ‘roaring back’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump at a press briefing on Thursday celebrated a government report showing the country gained 4.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 11.1%...
Jul 02, 2020
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