Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials
By Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to pun...
May 04, 2020
Pandemic slams Asia’s factories, activity hits financial-crisis lows
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asia's factory activity was ravaged in April, business surveys showed on Monday, and the outlook dimmed further as government restrictions on movement to contain the coronavirus out...
May 03, 2020
China’s young spenders say #ditchyourstuff as economy sputters
By Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Tang Yue, a 27-year-old teacher from the city of Guilin in southwest China, steam-presses a blue dress and takes dozens of photographs before picking on...
May 03, 2020
In city of India’s Taj Mahal, coronavirus resurgence carries warning signs
By Devjyot Ghoshal AGRA, India (Reuters) - On Feb. 25, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania posed for pictures outside the Taj Mahal on an official visit to India, Sumit Kapoor...
May 03, 2020
Pence says he should have worn face mask at Mayo Clinic
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that he erred in not wearing a face mask during a visit with patients at the Mayo Clinic last month. The decision...
May 03, 2020
Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million, although rate slowing
By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from p...
May 03, 2020
Dollar firm but stocks, oil under pressure as U.S.-China tensions rise
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar rose, oil fell and stock markets were poised to slip on Monday as rising U.S.-China tensions over the coronavirus - and growing unease at the gulf bet...
May 03, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,122,486 coronavirus cases, 65,735 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,122,486 U.S. cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 29,671 cases from its previous count, and said the ...
May 03, 2020
Trump will hold virtual town hall to take coronavirus questions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will take questions about the new coronavirus at a televised virtual town hall on Sunday as some states relax stay-at-home orders while others keep them f...
May 03, 2020
Pompeo says ‘significant’ evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not dispute U.S. i...
May 03, 2020
