Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
German court rules Volkswagen car owners entitled to damages in emissions scandal
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - A German federal court judge ruled on Monday that Volkswagen has to pay compensation to motorists who purchased vehicles with manipulated diesel engines, a major blow fo...
May 25, 2020
Japan PM Abe: to lift state of emergency for all of Japan today
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that the state of emergency will be lifted for all of Japan, and that the country managed to get the spread of the virus under contr...
May 25, 2020
‘What planet are they on?’ No respite for Johnson and Cummings
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide Dominic Cummings who is accused of ...
May 25, 2020
China says opposes all U.S. restrictions on Chinese airlines
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it opposes all U.S. restrictions imposed against Chinese airlines, responding to a report that the U.S. Transportation Department has demanded Chinese carriers...
May 25, 2020
Three Republican groups sue California governor over mail-in-vote order
(Reuters) - The Republican National Committee (RNC) and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mail-in ballots ...
May 25, 2020
Chinese official in Hong Kong says some protest acts ‘terrorist in nature’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry branch in Hong Kong said on Monday some acts during last year's pro-democracy protests were "terrorist in nature," posing "imminent danger" to China's na...
May 25, 2020
Abe’s ‘own goals’ slash support rates even as Japan’s coronavirus emergency set to be lifted
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - A string of controversial missteps has slashed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support to levels that could threaten to end his term early, even as he prepares to ...
May 24, 2020
Thousands without power in Western Australia after once in a decade storm
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Wild weather downed trees and left tens of thousands of people without power in Western Australia, as emergency services began cleaning up in Perth on Monday after some of the wo...
May 24, 2020
Hong Kong’s security chief warns of growing ‘terrorism’ as government backs Beijing’s planned security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's security chief said "terrorism" was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijing's plans to introduce national security laws and af...
May 24, 2020
More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases
By Abhirup Roy, Devjyot Ghoshal and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When Manit Parikh's mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai's private Lilava...
May 24, 2020
