Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Americans’ concerns about coronavirus jump as cases surge, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' anxieties over the spread of the novel coronavirus have risen to the highest level in more than a month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, as the number ...
Jul 01, 2020
Vote that could extend Putin’s rule culminates as Russians get cash payments
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians with children received cash payments on Wednesday on the final day of a vote on constitutional changes that could allow Vladimir Putin to stay in power unt...
Jul 01, 2020
Exclusive: Hundreds of George W. Bush administration officials to back Biden, group says
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the e...
Jul 01, 2020
German stock trading platform Xetra down, all securities affected
LONDON (Reuters) - Frankfurt-based electronic trading system Xetra was experiencing a "technical issue", affecting all securities traded on the platform, a Deutsche Boerse spokesman said on Wednesday....
Jul 01, 2020
Wirecard administrator says received inbound interest for assets
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Wirecard's administrator said he has received strong inbound interest for the payment firm's assets and will shortly mandate banks for the sale of individual parts of the company...
Jul 01, 2020
Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off
By Sheila Dang and Katie Paul NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failu...
Jul 01, 2020
New North American trade deal launches under growing threat of disputes
By David Lawder, Dave Graham and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The revamped trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico taking effect on Wednesday was meant to ...
Jul 01, 2020
New York City Council passes 2021 budget, including some police cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of New York City Council members voted to pass the 2021 fiscal year budget on Tuesday that seeks to close a $9 billion revenue shortfall caused by the coronavirus pande...
Jun 30, 2020
Diminished but not dismantled, Seattle protest occupation enters fourth week
By Gregory Scruggs SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle crews on Tuesday used heavy machinery to remove some barricades around the city's "autonomous zone", as die-hard anti-racism demonstrators camped out for...
Jun 30, 2020
FBI, Justice Department probing death of Black man in encounter with Colorado police
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Federal law enforcement authorities said on Tuesday a civil rights investigation is underway into the death in 2019 of an unarmed Black man in Colorado after police...
Jun 30, 2020
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