Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Samsung Group heir questioned by prosecutors over a 2015 deal
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee on Tuesday was summoned and questioned by prosecutors over a controversial 2015 merger of two of the group's affiliates, Yonhap News Agency said. A Sams...
May 25, 2020
Japan shares reach 10-week high, look past Sino-U.S. tension
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares crept ahead on Tuesday following an upbeat session in Europe and further gains in U.S. stock futures as investors looked past Sino-U.S. trade tensions to ...
May 25, 2020
White House brings forward Brazil travel restrictions by two days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil that were announced after the Latin American country became the wor...
May 25, 2020
NHC: 20% chance of cyclone for system extending across Florida
(Reuters) - A broad trough of low pressure extending across Florida and the adjacent Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters has a 20% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National H...
May 25, 2020
California opens places of worship, in-store retail businesses: health officials
(Reuters) - California retail with in-store shopping and places of worship that were closed under one of the most restrictive coronavirus containment rules in the United States may now open, health au...
May 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,637,456 coronavirus cases, 97,669 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,637,456 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 15,342 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
May 25, 2020
U.S. marks hushed Memorial Day holiday as virus deaths near 100,000
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans paid a mostly low-key tribute to those who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces on Monday, with many Memorial Day events canceled due to the coronavir...
May 25, 2020
WHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where COVID-19 declining
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organizat...
May 25, 2020
Clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients paused: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - A clinical trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients has been suspended amid safety concerns, World Health Organization (WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheb...
May 25, 2020
Trump commemorates Memorial Day, defends decision to play golf
By David Shepardson and Jeff Mason ARLINGTON, Va./BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen members of the U.S. military on Monday to mark the Memorial Day holiday while defe...
May 25, 2020
