Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Top House Republican backs easing rules for coronavirus loan program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he could support extending the time allowed for small businesses to use federal loans to keep their enterprises afloa...
May 19, 2020
Citing ‘greatest adversary’ coronavirus, some U.S. Democrats want defense cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Calling the novel coronavirus the "greatest adversary" facing the United States, progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in militar...
May 19, 2020
Case of murdered wife claims turbulent career of veteran Lesotho PM
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The murder of his estranged wife during a well-publicised love triangle proved one problem too many for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who survived repeated secur...
May 19, 2020
FAA to mandate new safety management tools for airplane manufacturers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it will require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing ...
May 19, 2020
New York’s capital and surrounding area ready to reopen: governor
(Reuters) - The region of New York that includes the state capital of Albany has been cleared to reopen on Wednesday after clearing a final hurdle related to contact tracing for the novel coronavirus,...
May 19, 2020
NIH to study how COVID-19 pandemic may have affected pregnancy outcomes in U.S
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it will study whether changes to the healthcare delivery system implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to more pregnancy-...
May 19, 2020
Canada, U.S. agree to 30-day extension of ban on non-essential travel: PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and the United States have agreed to extend a ban on non-essential travel between the two nations by another 30 days as part of the fight against the coronavirus, Prime Minis...
May 19, 2020
U.S. Senate panel backs Trump nominee Ratcliffe to be top U.S. spy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director ...
May 19, 2020
U.S. housing starts post record decline; permits slump
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding dropped by the most on record in April and permits for future construction tumbled, underlining fears that the novel coronavirus crisis would...
May 19, 2020
U.S. rejects WHO coronavirus resolution’s language on abortion, IP
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States rejected language about reproductive healthcare and intellectual property rights in a World Health Organization resolution on the coronavirus ...
May 19, 2020
