Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Reinforcements sent to California border hospital hit by coronavirus surge
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emergency medical reinforcements began work on Thursday at a small Southern California hospital straining to cope with a recent surge in coronavirus patients, s...
May 21, 2020
Mission of Mercy: On duty at Japan’s ‘last-chance’ hospital for coronavirus
By Mari Saito KAWASAKI, Japan (Reuters) - Two paramedics jump out the back of an idling ambulance with Tokyo plates, carefully lowering an elderly woman on a stretcher. The patient, her small face cov...
May 21, 2020
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday in Tokyo's Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men, stood close together in a long queue waiting for food hand-outs. ...
May 21, 2020
China omits GDP goal, pledges higher spending
BEIJING (Reuters) - China refrained from setting a 2020 GDP growth target and pledged to step up spending and financing to support its economy, according to Premier Li Keqiang's work report released o...
May 21, 2020
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China's plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear could erode ...
May 21, 2020
U.S. forecasters expect above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season: NOAA
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. forecasters expect an above-normal 13-19 named storms during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Cli...
May 21, 2020
University of Alabama to push contact tracing app, require online health checks
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The University of Alabama will require students and staff returning to its three campuses in the coming months to submit online health checks regularly and e...
May 21, 2020
Asia shares set to fall as Sino-U.S. strains hit confidence
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian shares were set for another retreat on Friday as U.S.-China tensions curbed investor risk appetite and caused global equity markets to stumble. Hong Kong...
May 21, 2020
Next U.S. coronavirus rescue package not too far off: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday another stimulus package to deal with the impact of the coronavirus was "not too far off." "I think there is a hig...
May 21, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to halt Idaho transgender inmate’s surgery
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a transgender prison inmate in Idaho to go ahead with sex reassignment surgery, rejecting the state's bid to put it on h...
May 21, 2020
