Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fear stops Rohingya getting tested as virus hits refugee camps
By Poppy McPherson and Ruma Paul BANGKOK/DHAKA (Reuters) - Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with symptoms of the novel coronavirus are not coming forward to get tested because they fear being separated...
Jun 05, 2020
COVID-19 crisis shakes Brazil, but Bolsonaro keeps impeachment at bay
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - One of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks, a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit, and accusations that he has undermined Brazil's young...
Jun 05, 2020
Bargain-conscious Americans lift used-car sales in the coronavirus economy
By Nick Carey NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-April, used-car dealer Alex Tovstanovsky had vehicles jammed six rows deep on his lot in the western Chicago...
Jun 05, 2020
Futures gain as recovery optimism lingers ahead of May jobs data
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday with S&P 500 futures hitting a three-month high, as investors focused on tentative signs of a post-coronavirus economic rebound ahead ...
Jun 05, 2020
‘It’s not over until there is no virus anywhere in the world’: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some countries have seen "upticks" in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must continue to protect themselves against the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (W...
Jun 05, 2020
‘Get your knee off our necks,’ activist Sharpton says at Floyd memorial
By Brendan O'Brien MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton told mourners that George Floyd's death in police custody and the nationwide protests it ignited marked a rec...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. ship back at sea after virus outbreak and captain fired
(Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier ship whose captain was removed for scathing remarks about a coronavirus outbreak onboard has returned to service in the Pacific Ocean, authorities said. Brett Crozi...
Jun 05, 2020
Virtual certainty? Bankers ask if success of remote roadshows will last
By Scott Murdoch and Joshua Franklin HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Who needs expensive lunches at glitzy hotels and fancy restaurants to court investors for bond deals or the sale of new shares on th...
Jun 05, 2020
Exclusive: Unfazed by pandemic, Bank of Japan to keep economic recovery view – sources
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its projection that the economy will gradually recover in the latter half of this year, four sources familia...
Jun 05, 2020
Ocean shipping shrinks as pandemic pummels retailers
By Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein and Sonya Dowsett LONDON/LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) - The $1 trillion container shipping industry is in a slowdown. Literally. Some shipping lines, whose retail cust...
Jun 05, 2020
