Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have i...
May 11, 2020
At least one dead, several injured in Iranian naval accident: TV
(Reuters) - At least one Iranian navy man was killed and several were injured in an incident on a military ship during a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state TV reported on Monday. The Gu...
May 10, 2020
For central banks, hope for precision fades amid pandemic uncertainty
By Howard Schneider and Leika Kihara WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Central bankers who have spent a generation researching how their words influence the economy and honing the craft of "forward guidanc...
May 10, 2020
Justice Department probe sought for slaying of unarmed black man in Georgia
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's attorney general asked federal prosecutors on Sunday to investigate local law enforcement's response to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who autho...
May 10, 2020
French to return to shops and hair salons as lockdown lifted
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Millions of French people are set to cautiously emerge from one of Europe's strictest lockdowns on Monday, once more able to engage in everyday activities that have be...
May 10, 2020
Asian shares inch higher, new wave of infections a worry
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick up i...
May 10, 2020
Chief of U.S. National Guard in limbo after conflicting coronavirus tests: officials
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief of the U.S. National Guard, who is at the forefront of the domestic military response to the novel coronavirus, is in limbo after testin...
May 10, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,300,696 coronavirus cases, 78,771 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,300,696 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 26,660 cases from its previous count, and said the numbe...
May 10, 2020
Oil prices fall 1% as glut weighs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices opened about 1% lower on Sunday as a persistent glut continued to weigh on prices and the coronavirus pandemic eroded global oil demand even as some governments began t...
May 10, 2020
No plans to separate Trump, Pence despite White House coronavirus cases: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as concerns rise abou...
May 10, 2020
