Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
It’s a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee ‘thrilled’ by birth of a son
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected. Both mother and ...
Apr 29, 2020
Incumbent Democrat Joyce Beatty wins Ohio primary against liberal Morgan Harper
(Reuters) - The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohio's third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper, a progressive first-time candi...
Apr 29, 2020
Satellite images of luxury boats further suggest North Korea’s Kim at favoured villa: experts
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Satellite imagery showing recent movements of luxury boats often used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his entourage near Wonsan provide further indications he ha...
Apr 29, 2020
Trump hails U.S. coronavirus testing as infections cross a million
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The United States has reported more than a million coronavirus infections only because of its testing, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hailing the effort as bei...
Apr 29, 2020
Much of U.S. economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Garbage haulers still collect trash. Cops are on the beat. Couriers deliver food and packages. Insurance agents work from home. The coronavirus crisis would ...
Apr 29, 2020
Fed likely to renew vow to use all tools to brace economy
By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, which has pumped trillions in emergency funding into U.S. financial markets to stem the damage from the coronavirus pandemic, is exp...
Apr 29, 2020
Coronavirus likely hammered U.S. economy in first quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely contracted in the first quarter at its sharpest pace since the Great Recession as stringent measures to slow the spread of the novel co...
Apr 28, 2020
Exclusive: Boeing eyes major bond issue to raise funds – sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Mike Spector (Reuters) - Boeing Co is working with investment banks on a multibillion-dollar bond-fueled financing package, aiming to shore up its balance sheet amid a sharp tr...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. federal inmate dies of COVID-19 weeks after giving birth while on a ventilator
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 30-year-old woman serving a 26-month sentence for maintaining a drug-affiliated business died of COVID-19 on Tuesday several weeks after giving birth to her ...
Apr 28, 2020
Asia stocks inch higher after mixed U.S. corporate earnings
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Asian equities made cautious gains in early trade on Wednesday following mixed U.S. corporate earnings while oil prices looked set for more wild swings as storage concerns...
Apr 28, 2020
