Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Sunny days draw crowds to beaches, parks as U.S. reopens from lockdowns
By Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Sunny days and warm weather are proving to be as challenging to manage as restaurants, hair salons and other businesses as about half of U.S. states part...
May 03, 2020
Lufthansa board hopeful of securing government bailout soon
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa is hopeful its bailout talks with the German government can be concluded soon, the airline's board told staff in a letter seen by Reuters, adding that it is also consideri...
May 03, 2020
U.S. processes over $500 billion in small business loans to stem coronavirus fallout
(Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration has processed over 3.8 million loans for more than half a trillion dollars since the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program on April 3 to deal wit...
May 03, 2020
White House adviser won’t rule out more money for states, small businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday he would not rule out any element in the next potential coronavirus relief bill, including more money for state and loca...
May 03, 2020
UK pushes back against COVID-19 death toll comparison with Italy
LONDON (Reuters) - Facing questions over why Britain's death toll from the new coronavirus was now the second-worst in Europe after Italy, a British minister said on Sunday people should not jump to c...
May 03, 2020
Intel in talks to buy Israel’s Moovit public transit app for $1 billion: media
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel Corp is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for $1 billion, financial news website Calcalist reported on Sunday. Moovit has ra...
May 03, 2020
Pope says coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be m...
May 03, 2020
Americans turn to hunting for food, renewal during pandemic
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - David Elliot first thought of shooting an elk to help feed family and friends back in January when the United States reported its first novel coronavirus case. Ell...
May 03, 2020
Phoning it in: Pandemic forces Supreme Court to hear cases in a new way
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court are typically a formal affair, dictated by adherence to tradition by an institution historically...
May 03, 2020
Spain reports lowest daily coronavirus death toll in nearly seven weeks
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 164 to 25,264 on Sunday, health ministry data showed, marking the lowest one-day increase since March 18. Confirmed cases of the ...
May 03, 2020
