Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden says ‘we must not allow this pain to destroy us’ of violence in U.S. cities
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called for protesters against police brutality not to turn to violence as unrest flared in U.S. cities o...
May 31, 2020
Night of violence across America leaves streets scarred, outrage simmering
By Brendan O'Brien and Carlos Barria MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Another night of outrage left stores looted and cars smoldering in many U.S. cities on Sunday as curfews failed to quell violence that repl...
May 31, 2020
Trump will not activate federal troops for now amid protests, NSA adviser says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will not invoke federal authority over the National Guard for now, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday as protests continued in mult...
May 31, 2020
EU trade commissioner Hogan mulling candidacy for WTO chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European trade commissioner Phil Hogan is considering putting his name forward as a candidate to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, his spokesman said o...
May 31, 2020
People more important than the economy, pope says about Covid crisis
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lock...
May 31, 2020
Defending lockdown easing, UK foreign minister says it’s the ‘right step’
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab defended on Sunday the government's "careful" loosening of the coronavirus lockdown, saying it was the "right step to be tak...
May 31, 2020
Russia says coronavirus infections pass 400,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday reported 9,268 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising the national tally to 405,843. Officials said 138 people had died of COVID-19, the respiratory disease ca...
May 31, 2020
Reuters cameraman hit by rubber bullets as police disperse protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Two members of a Reuters TV crew were hit by rubber bullets and injured in Minneapolis on Saturday night when police moved into an area occupied by about 500 protesters in the ...
May 31, 2020
China media bristles at U.S. moves on Hong Kong over national security push
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's state media lashed out on Sunday at possible retaliatory moves by the United States to impose sanctions and end Hong Kong's special status if Beijing imposes new national...
May 30, 2020
As Minneapolis rioters set buildings ablaze, grocer pleads to save his stores
By Brendan O'Brien MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - At a little past midnight on Saturday as smoke billowed and flames rose from the tops of a nearby bank and a post office building, Minneapolis grocery store ...
May 30, 2020
