Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Factbox: Questions hang over North Korea succession amid reports on Kim health
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has never publicised who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say ...
Apr 25, 2020
Special Report: Countries, companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine
By Julie Steenhuysen, Peter Eisler, Allison Martell and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) - In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are sin...
Apr 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 895,766 coronavirus cases, 50,439 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 895,766 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 30,181 cases from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Apr 25, 2020
Train possibly belonging to North Korean leader spotted in resort town: think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washingt...
Apr 25, 2020
Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of...
Apr 25, 2020
In four U.S. state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus — 96% without symptoms
By Linda So and Grant Smith (Reuters) - When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio's prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. "We weren't always able to pi...
Apr 25, 2020
Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000
By Cate Cadell (Reuters) - Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters t...
Apr 25, 2020
New York to expand coronavirus testing at pharmacies, governor says
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday that he would allow independent pharmacists to collect samples to test for the novel coronavirus and would expand screening for antibodies, ...
Apr 25, 2020
U.S. airlines receive additional $9.5 billion in payroll support: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has disbursed $9.5 billion in additional funds from the Payroll Support Program to U.S. air carriers, bringing to $12.4 billion the amount of funds ...
Apr 25, 2020
Beaches eyed as United States takes steps toward reopening
(Reuters) - Many Americans are expected to flock to beaches on Saturday as one Florida county relaxed restrictions and California braced for a heat wave, even as new cases of the novel coronavirus hit...
Apr 25, 2020
