Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Futures fall as recovery rally pauses ahead of Fed meeting
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dropped on Tuesday, giving back some gains after the Nasdaq notched a record closing high in the previous session, with focus now on the Federal Res...
Jun 09, 2020
Bon Appetit editor Adam Rapoport resigns after racially offensive photo resurfaces
(Reuters) - Bon Appetit's editor-in-chief, Adam Rapoport, resigned late Monday after a 16-year-old picture of him with brownface resurfaced online and drew harsh criticism, coupled with a subsequent c...
Jun 09, 2020
Georgia Democrats vote on Senate challenger as five U.S. states hold primaries
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia Democrats will try to pick their challenger to Republican Senator David Perdue on Tuesday when voters in five U.S. states choose candidates for the Whi...
Jun 09, 2020
Tropical depression Cristobal moving into Missouri, U.S. NHC says
(Reuters) - Tropical depression Cristobal is moving into Missouri with some strengthening forecasted during the next 36 hours as it transitions into an extratropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurrica...
Jun 09, 2020
Iran will execute CIA agent involved in commander Soleimani’s killing: official
(Reuters) - An Iranian citizen who provided information to U.S. and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran's slain top commander Qassem Soleimani will be executed soon, Iran's judici...
Jun 09, 2020
A year on, Hong Kong democracy protesters torn between hope and fear
By Yanni Chow and Carol Mang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Medical sector worker Tana has attended peaceful lunchtime rallies in Hong Kong regularly for months along with thousands of others protesting Beijin...
Jun 09, 2020
Virginia judge blocks governor’s demand to pull down Confederate statue
(Reuters) - A judge in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday issued a 10-day injunction against Governor Ralph Northam's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the city, accordi...
Jun 09, 2020
In New Zealand, shopping, parties and big hugs mark start of ‘COVID-free’ life
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealanders hugged and kissed, shopped, and planned parties on Tuesday as the country took off all coronavirus restrictions for the first time in more than t...
Jun 09, 2020
Trump’s troop cut in Germany blindsided senior U.S. officials, sources say
By Jonathan Landay, Andrea Shalal and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security offic...
Jun 08, 2020
Hong Kong leader says city cannot tolerate any more ‘chaos’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the Chinese-ruled city cannot afford to tolerate any more of the "chaos" that has roiled it over the past 12 months, with anti-governm...
Jun 08, 2020
