Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
EU urges U.S. to reconsider decision to cut ties with World Health Organization
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union urged the United States on Saturday to reconsider its decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "In...
May 30, 2020
‘At last we’re free’: Parisians head for the park as lockdown eases
PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians flocked to parks and gardens as they reopened in the sunny French capital on Saturday for the first time after almost 11 weeks of coronavirus lockdown, one of the last area...
May 30, 2020
Protests flare around the United States over Minneapolis killing
By Brendan O'Brien and Carlos Barria MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Protests flared late into the night in many cities in the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died this week af...
May 30, 2020
SpaceX, NASA to try again for landmark launch of two astronauts from Florida
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission th...
May 30, 2020
France, Britain, Germany ‘regret’ U.S. end to Iran nuclear waivers
PARIS (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. "We deeply...
May 30, 2020
Google postpones Android 11 unveiling amid U.S. protests
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google on Saturday said it has postponed next week's planned unveiling of the beta version of its latest Android 11 mobile operating system in light of protests and unrest i...
May 30, 2020
Israeli police fatally shoot man in Jerusalem’s Old City – spokesman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police officers fatally shot a man they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, a police spokesman said, but the Palestinian suspect was late...
May 30, 2020
China’s ‘nervous’ Xi risks new Cold War, last Hong Kong governor says
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperiling Hong Kong's position as Asia's preeminent finan...
May 30, 2020
Two British scientific advisers warn it’s too soon to lift lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Two scientific advisers to the British government have warned that COVID-19 is still spreading too fast in the country to lift the lockdown, with one describing it as a political de...
May 30, 2020
U.S. businesses awake to ‘sad day’ in Hong Kong as Trump moves to squeeze economic ties
By Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG (Reuters) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Saturday it was a sad day for the global financial centre, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump mo...
May 29, 2020
