Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump fires State Department inspector general in latest broadside against watchdogs
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick late on Friday, with the ousting leading to heavy criticism from senior Democratic lawma...
May 16, 2020
Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on S...
May 16, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections surpass China, but contagion slowing
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enfo...
May 16, 2020
As Australia slowly relaxes lockdown, Victoria battles COVID-19 clusters
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus while the rest of Australia has begun relaxing a two-month lockdown, Victoria state on Saturday reported 11 new ca...
May 15, 2020
Trump administration to restore partial funding to World Health Organization: Fox News
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is set to restore partial funding to the World Health Organization, Fox News reported late on Friday, citing a draft letter. The Trump administ...
May 15, 2020
Amazon says ‘appropriate’ executive available after U.S. House panel calls on CEO Bezos to testify
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would make the "appropriate" executive available to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to testify about allegations related to how the c...
May 15, 2020
House passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a $3 trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed m...
May 15, 2020
Fearing COVID-19, biggest U.S. university system makes fall term virtual
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As uncertainty about the spread of COVID-19 continues, the biggest university system in the United States decided this week to make fall term classes virtual, on...
May 15, 2020
U.S. House approves ‘proxy’ voting during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday allowing members to temporarily cast their votes by proxy, a historic shift as the U.S. Congress searches for wa...
May 15, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. Justice Dept. subpoenas Wall Street banks for small business loans info – sources
By Koh Gui Qing and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse...
May 15, 2020
