Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
South Korea sticks with virus lockdown rollback despite nightclub outbreak
By Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea health authorities said on Wednesday they had no immediate plans to reinstate strict social distancing rules despite a fresh coronavirus ou...
May 13, 2020
Exclusive: Neiman Marcus creditor calls for deal with Saks Fifth Avenue – letter
By Mike Spector and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Hedge fund Mudrick Capital Management LP asked Neiman Marcus Group's independent directors on Tuesday to explore a combination with rival department st...
May 12, 2020
Exclusive: Biden to hammer Trump’s ‘tough talk, weak action’ on China, top adviser says
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has seized on Americans' growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his re-election pitch, arguing he will hit Beiji...
May 12, 2020
Russian ventilators implicated in deadly fires not used in U.S.: FEMA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ventilators sent by Russia to the United States of the same model that reportedly caused two deadly fires in Russian hospitals were never used in the United States, the U.S. Fed...
May 12, 2020
Asian stocks set to slip on coronavirus fears, vaccine timing
By Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equities were set to pull back on Wednesday as heightened concerns about coronavirus infections and the timing for a vaccine outweighed the lift from rebou...
May 12, 2020
Bagpiper plays ‘Amazing Grace’ on California beach to remember coronavirus victims
(Reuters) - Every evening, as the sun is setting over the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California, the mournful notes of a bagpipe playing "Amazing Grace" ring out across the beach. Andrew McGregor,...
May 12, 2020
Trump approval dips amid mounting coronavirus death toll, trails Biden by 8 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans have grown critical of President Donald Trump over the past month as the death toll mounts from the coronavirus pandemic and he now trails Democratic ...
May 12, 2020
The U.S. needs more fiscal help to fight coronavirus, Fed officials say
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. businesses and households are going to need more fiscal support to get through what will likely be a longer period of recovery from the coronavirus shutdown than initial...
May 12, 2020
Researchers revise U.S. COVID-19 death forecast upward again
(Reuters) - A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, up nearly 10,000 from the last projection, as restrictions for curb...
May 12, 2020
Democrats move to allow voting changes for presidential convention amid health crisis
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party's rules committee moved on Tuesday to allow organizers to change the format of the party's U.S. presidential nominating convention, including...
May 12, 2020
