Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Hong Kong’s veteran pro-democracy activists defiant as they hear charges in court
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some of the 15 pro-democracy activists arrested in police raids in Hong Kong showed defiance on Monday as they appeared in court to hear charges ...
May 18, 2020
A California cafe reopens with a payroll loan, but the future unclear
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chris and Amy Hillyard opened their Oakland, California restaurant late last month for the first time since mid-March, thanks in large part to a government loan...
May 18, 2020
Huawei says expect business impact from U.S. move to cut off chip supply
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies said on Monday that its business will be inevitably impacted by the latest U.S. move to restrict chip sales to the Chinese technology company, but it is...
May 18, 2020
Exclusive: Huge fentanyl haul seized in Asia’s biggest-ever drugs bust
By Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - Myanmar police say they have seized a huge haul of liquid fentanyl, the first time one of the dangerous synthetic opioids that have ravaged North America has been fou...
May 18, 2020
Ardern becomes New Zealand’s most popular PM in a century: poll
(Reuters) - Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's most popular prime minister in a century, a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed on Monday, thanks to her COVID-19 response that made the country among the...
May 18, 2020
SoftBank posts record $13 billion operating loss as tech bets slide
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp on Monday reported a record 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) operating loss in the April-March financial year as the value of its tech bets via the $1...
May 18, 2020
Coronavirus widens climate rift between European and U.S. oil majors
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's top oil and gas companies have diverted a larger share of their cash to green energy projects since the coronavirus outbreak in a bet the ...
May 18, 2020
U.S. auto industry to begin reopening plants in recovery from pandemic
By Ben Klayman and Nick Carey (Reuters) - The U.S. auto industry is slowly returning to life, with vehicle assembly plants scheduled to reopen on Monday and suppliers gearing up in support as the sect...
May 18, 2020
U.S. mulls paying companies, tax breaks to pull supply chains from China
By Andrea Shalal, Alexandra Alper and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of...
May 18, 2020
What did eight weeks and $3 trillion buy the U.S. in the fight against coronavirus?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment checks are flowing, $490 billion has been shipped to small businesses, and the U.S. Federal Reserve has put about $2.5 trillion and counting beh...
May 18, 2020
