Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Democrat Hickenlooper favored to win Colorado Senate primary despite stumbles
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will try to secure the state's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday after a series of stumbles in a race vi...
Jun 30, 2020
Pepperoni swastika shocks Ohio couple; two Little Caesars employees fired
(Reuters) - When Misty Laska opened her takeaway pizza, the first thing she noticed was that it was not sliced. Then she and her husband saw that the pepperoni pieces had been arranged in the shape of...
Jun 30, 2020
Airbus to announce restructuring on Tuesday, union sources say
TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Airbus will announce restructuring plans expected to include thousands of job cuts later on Tuesday after markets close, union sources said. Airbus, which has said it will announc...
Jun 30, 2020
Taliban say Afghan peace effort figured in video talks with U.S.’s Pompeo
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The head of the Taliban's political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process, the Isla...
Jun 30, 2020
United States not on EU’s ‘safe’ travel list, diplomats say
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States is not on a "safe list" of destinations for non-essential travel due to be unveiled by European Union governments later on Tuesday, three di...
Jun 30, 2020
Britain locks down city of Leicester after COVID-19 flare-up
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will introduce legal changes shortly to enforce a lockdown imposed on the English city of Leicester where there has been a flare up of the novel coronavirus, Health Secretar...
Jun 30, 2020
Italy bank showdown looms in test for European consolidation
By Andrea Mandala, Valentina Za and Pamela Barbaglia MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - As many bankers fled Italy's financial capital for second homes in the mountains or lakes at the start of a coronavirus lo...
Jun 30, 2020
Powell, Mnuchin enter the lion’s den again to discuss pandemic response
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday will get another chance to grill the heads of the Federal Reserve and Treasury over the effectiveness of the nearly $3 trillion in ...
Jun 30, 2020
Wirecard North America seeks buyer, distances itself from German company
(Reuters) - Wirecard North America Inc, a unit of German payments company Wirecard AG, on Monday said it has put itself up for sale, days after the troubled parent firm filed for insolvency. The U.S.-...
Jun 29, 2020
China’s parliament passes national security law for Hong Kong, Cable TV says
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, the city's Cable TV reported, setting the stage for the most radical change to the former Britis...
Jun 29, 2020
