Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Lonza sets new goal to make Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ingredients
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Lonza aims to speed completion of two commercial production lines for Moderna Inc's trial COVID-19 vaccine so manufacturing could start four to six weeks earlier than...
Jun 02, 2020
My rabbit for your detergent? Cubans turn to barter as shortages worsen
HAVANA (Reuters) - Nelson Aguilar used to sell the rabbits that he raises on his Havana rooftop to restaurants. Now, with an ongoing pandemic, the 70-year-old uses them as currency, exchanging them fo...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. to temporarily allow certain impurities, like benzene, in hand sanitizer
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration said this week it will temporarily allow some impurities in alcohol-based hand sanitizer to ensure access to the product during the cor...
Jun 02, 2020
Media firms, celebrities join BlackOut Tuesday protests
(Reuters) - Major broadcasters, celebrities and music streaming companies including Apple Music and Spotify turned off or made changes to their services on Tuesday to mark their solidarity with protes...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. opens national security probe into vanadium imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports of vanadium, a metal used in aerospace, defense and energy applications, impair...
Jun 02, 2020
‘Wake-up call:’ Biden vows to heal U.S. racial wounds as protests against police rage
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - In his first major address in weeks, former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday will vow not to "fan the flames of hate" if elected president and instead se...
Jun 02, 2020
Relief rally or bear market bubble? For investors, it’s hard to tell
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Ira Iosebashvili (Reuters) - What started as a bear market bounce in U.S. equities has transformed into one of the most dramatic rallies in memory, leaving investors looking t...
Jun 02, 2020
Special Report: U.S. school closures dramatically shrinking public education, Reuters finds
By M.B. Pell, Kristina Cooke and Benjamin Lesser NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jennifer Panditaratne's third-grade daughter had been seeing a reading specialist once a week before her Florida school closed abr...
Jun 02, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. small business program handed out virus aid to many borrowers twice
By Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A technical snafu in a U.S. government system caused many small businesses to receive loans twice or more under a federal aid program to hel...
Jun 02, 2020
Black and Asian people in England more likely to die from COVID-19, says public health report
LONDON (Reuters) - Black and Asian people in England are up to 50% more likely to die after being infected with COVID-19, an official study said on Tuesday, reinforcing previous reports which indicate...
Jun 02, 2020
