Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. producer prices record largest drop since 2009 as coronavirus suppresses demand
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices fell by the most since 2009 in April, leading to the largest annual decline in nearly 4-1/2 years, bolstering some economists' predictions...
May 13, 2020
Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and its peace process
By Orooj Hakimi, Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the s...
May 13, 2020
Exclusive: Europe nears crisis plan for public stakes in key companies – sources
By Pamela Barbaglia, John O'Donnell and Jan Strupczewski LONDON/FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU officials are seeking to finalise a plan for public stakes to be taken in key European companies to sh...
May 13, 2020
Travel restrictions at U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico likely to be extended: U.S. official
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travel restrictions at the U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico due to the novel coronavirus pandemic will likely be extended, a U.S. official told Reuters on ...
May 13, 2020
U.S. to tell doctors to report cases of COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome in kids
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials plan to alert doctors to report cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children to their state and local health departments, a spok...
May 13, 2020
Exclusive: Fearing shortages, EU may deploy emergency funds in COVID-19 vaccine race
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is weighing using a $2.6 billion emergency fund to boost pharmaceutical labs' capacity, fearing that even if a COVID-19 vaccine is d...
May 13, 2020
Tesla can prepare to reopen U.S. plant in California as early as next week
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Tesla Inc can take additional steps ahead of a potential reopening of its California assembly plant as soon as Monday after Chief Executive Elon Musk had vowed to defy ...
May 13, 2020
Former Trump campaign aide Manafort released to home confinement: ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been released to serve his prison term at home due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, ABC News reported o...
May 13, 2020
Urban air quality improves as coronavirus empties U.S. highways: NOAA
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. air quality has improved since the coronavirus crisis emptied the roads of traffic, giving the country a futuristic glimpse of the clearer skies that c...
May 13, 2020
Canada-U.S. border to stay closed to non-essential travel until June 21: Globe and Mail
(Reuters) - The Canada-U.S. border is expected to stay closed to non-essential travel until June 21, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday. Canada and the United States had agreed on Apri...
May 13, 2020
