Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Months before election, liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for U.S. economic posts ahead of the Nov. 3 election to generate broader support for the presumpti...
May 24, 2020
Newsmaker: Britain’s Brexit mastermind fights for job over claims of lockdown hubris
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Brexit who openly scorned the British elite, is fighting for his job as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser after ...
May 24, 2020
Public returns to St. Peter’s Square; pope calls for defense of environment
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The public returned to St Peter's Square on Sunday to receive Pope Francis's blessing from his window for the first time in nearly three months as he convok...
May 24, 2020
Netanyahu arrives at court for corruption trial, says case aimed at ‘toppling me, in any way possible’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on Sunday at the Jerusalem court for the start of his corruption trial and said his opponents were aiming to oust him. In a tele...
May 24, 2020
Hall-of-Fame coach Sutton dies
(SOURCE METRO) TULSA, OK - The first coach to take four different schools to the NCAA tournament has died. Eddie Sutton was 84. He was informed less than two months ago he'd be a mem...
May 24, 2020
Xi says China could have set GDP growth goal around 6% had there been no coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said China's annual economic growth target could have been set around 6% had the new coronavirus epidemic not happened, according to state media report...
May 24, 2020
Western Australia braces for worst storm in a decade
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Western Australia battened down for its worst storm in 10 years on Sunday as the remnants of a tropical cyclone met a cold front with heavy rains and storm surges expected across...
May 24, 2020
UK aims to reopen primary schools from June 1 – transport minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government intends to stick with a plan to reopen primary schools to some pupils from June 1, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday. "That's certainly the intenti...
May 24, 2020
Senior Chinese diplomat says new legislation on Hong Kong to have no impact on freedoms, rights
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday new China legislation on Hong Kong that is being considered would target a narrow category of acts and would have no im...
May 24, 2020
UK PM’s adviser Cummings must quit over lockdown drive – Conservative lawmaker
LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England during lockdown while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms, must resign, a lawmake...
May 24, 2020
