Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Why the United States might not open up to international travelers any time soon
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government largely shut down international travel to the United States in March with a series of rapid-fire moves, but restarting it will likely be a long...
May 14, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. weighs measures in response to Iran fuel shipment to Venezuela – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering measures it could take in response to Iran's shipment of fuel to crisis-stricken Venezuela, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters ...
May 14, 2020
Exclusive: IKEA’s shopping malls arm Ingka Centres plans U.S. entry in major play
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA's shopping malls business, one of the world's biggest, is looking to enter the United States in the next couple of years and is in talks to snap up central properties in maj...
May 14, 2020
Trump administration issues global maritime advisory on sanctions, with industry input
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid sanctions risk, that industry players and a senior State Department official...
May 14, 2020
Trump is open to more coronavirus stimulus, but not Democrats’ plan: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is open to negotiations on another possible stimulus bill amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, but not the one put forward by House of Representative...
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus leaves a legacy of unprecedented global debt
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Enormous doses of stimulus spending are offering relief from coronavirus damage but their lifelong legacy of debt could seed future crises b...
May 14, 2020
Trump threatens new taxes on companies that make goods outside United States
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to impose new taxes on American companies that produce goods outside the United States, another move his administra...
May 14, 2020
As China pushes back on virus, Europe wakes to ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy
By Luke Baker and Robin Emmott LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Earlier this month, Europe's ambassador in Beijing submitted to Chinese censorship. Seeking to mark an anniversary of the European Union's re...
May 14, 2020
Cut off by coronavirus: Hondurans in packed prison suffer mental toll
By Sarah Kinosian LA ESPERANZA, Honduras (Reuters) - For Yerbin Estrada, the worst part of the day is when the sun begins to set. The hundreds of inmates of La Esperanza prison in central Honduras mus...
May 14, 2020
Trump says pandemic clouds U.S.-China trade deal
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was very disappointed in China over its failure to contain the novel coronavirus, saying the worldwide pandemic c...
May 14, 2020
