Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
A month after negative oil prices, U.S. crude contract expiry looms
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - A month after sellers had to pay nearly $40 a barrel to get rid of U.S. oil futures, the next watershed moment looms with the expiry of the June contract o...
May 17, 2020
Israel’s Netanyahu presents new unity government to legislature
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his new unity government to parliament on Sunday, ending more than a year of political deadlock as he prepares to go on trial ...
May 17, 2020
California seniors get free restaurant meals delivered under new program
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - About 200 Los Angeles cooks are back at work, launching a California project to use federal disaster relief money that pays restaurants to prepare and deliver...
May 17, 2020
Coronavirus makes Democratic congressional challengers’ uphill climb steeper
By Joseph Ax and Susan Cornwell (Reuters) - Before she suspended in-person campaigning in March, Arati Kreibich was knocking on upwards of 1,000 doors every weekend in the northern New Jersey congress...
May 17, 2020
China says opposed to latest U.S. rules against Huawei
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Sunday it is firmly opposed to the latest rules by the United States against Huawei and will take all necessary measures to safeguard Chinese firm...
May 17, 2020
Afghan president, rival close in on power-sharing deal: sources
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, his rival in the disputed presidential election, are close to finalising a power-sharing deal to end a political stalemate in the...
May 17, 2020
UK PM Johnson accepts public frustration with lockdown easing rules
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted on Sunday that there was public frustration with his government's measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown following widespread critic...
May 17, 2020
China’s ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv home: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - China's ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. He did not comment on the cause of death of ambassador D...
May 17, 2020
After weeks of lockdown, overjoyed Greeks return to church
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of Greeks returned to church on Sunday after weeks of staying away as a ban on mass gatherings to curb the spread of the coronavirus was eased. It wa...
May 17, 2020
South Korea reports single digit domestic coronavirus cases
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported five new domestic cases of coronavirus, all linked to a cluster of cases centred around bars and nightclubs in the capital which has raised fears in th...
May 17, 2020
