Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Asian shares tick up, eyes on China-U.S. trade relations
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies dulled risk appetit...
May 24, 2020
U.S. court rules Florida cannot force felons to pay fees before voting
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled on Sunday that the state of Florida cannot force felons to pay legal fines and other fees before allowing them to register to vote. The ruli...
May 24, 2020
Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers
By Andre Paultre and Robenson Sanon PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel coronavirus and to pr...
May 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports total of 1.6 million coronavirus cases and 97,049 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,622,114 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 26,229 cases from its previous count, and said the numbe...
May 24, 2020
UK PM Johnson stands by senior adviser Cummings over lockdown drive
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he was standing by senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who is under pressure to resign over a journey he made during the coronavirus...
May 24, 2020
U.S. hopes for in-person G7 summit end of June: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any in-person meeting of Group of Seven leaders will take place at the end of June, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday. President Donald Trump i...
May 24, 2020
Americans soak up sun on beaches as coronavirus death toll nears 100,000
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that th...
May 24, 2020
Germany tries to trace people who attended church service at which COVID-19 spread
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German authorities are trying to trace everyone who attended a church service in Frankfurt this month after more than 107 people tested positive for the coronavirus. Churches in ...
May 24, 2020
Most publicly listed companies keep U.S. small-business aid loans
By Joshua Franklin and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - More than four-fifths of publicly listed companies that received emergency small-business loans from the U.S. government have hel...
May 24, 2020
China drops mention of GDP goal as parliament opens, virus slams economy
By Kevin Yao and Judy Hua BEIJING (Reuters) - China dropped its annual growth target for the first time on Friday and pledged more government spending as the COVID-19 pandemic hammers the world's seco...
May 24, 2020
