Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment tied to increased risk of death: study
(Reuters) - Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking, was tied to increased risk of death in a study in 96,000 COVID-19 patients, according to a paper...
May 22, 2020
U.S. urges WHO to start review of pandemic response, seeks reforms
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its own handling...
May 22, 2020
Alibaba revenue tops as online sales surge during lockdown
(Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Friday, as the COVID-19 lockdowns drove more people to shop online for essentials. Revenue rose to 11...
May 22, 2020
WHO has worked ‘day and night’ on pandemic, funding lags: Tedros tells board
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has worked non-stop since the novel coronavirus emerged, informing its 194 member states of its evolution and providing technical advice, its dir...
May 22, 2020
Fun beats fear in Rube Goldberg contest to fetch soap amid COVID-19 crisis
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caitlin Diel waited in the shower as her brother started their chain-reaction machine, dropping a marble into a tube that sent a toy train speeding, a deodoran...
May 22, 2020
New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen in COVID-19 crisis
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park, who is used to being paid for fine dining with exclusive black credit cards, says his richest reward during the COVID-19 c...
May 22, 2020
Futures retreat as Sino-U.S. tensions simmer
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday as growing tensions between Washington and Beijing added to fears of a slower recovery from a coronavirus-led recession. China...
May 22, 2020
Pakistan’s PIA aircraft with 107 passengers on board crashes in Karachi: officials
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A PIA aircraft with 99 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said. "The ...
May 22, 2020
Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty via Zoom to U.S. college admissions scam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her husband will appear by video on Friday to plead guilty to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme to ...
May 22, 2020
A young woman makes COVID-19 warning her dad’s final gift to the world
By Andrew Kelly and Clare Baldwin NEW YORK (Reuters) - It could be any one of us. In this case it was Jose Holguin. He was 50. When he died on April 28, his death was just a speck in a giant storm of ...
May 22, 2020
