Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. says will not take part in WHO global drugs, vaccine initiative launch
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will not take part in the launching of a global initiative on Friday to speed the development, production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against COVID-19, ...
Apr 25, 2020
Boeing pulls out of Embraer merger talks: sources
PARIS/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Boeing Co has told the Brazilian planemaker Embraer that Embraer has not met conditions needed to complete a civil aerospace tie-up, meaning the $4.2 billion deal is off fo...
Apr 25, 2020
Deutsche Bank refuses to give U.S. senators information on recent Trump dealings
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has declined a request by prominent U.S. senators to provide information about the German lender's recent business dealings with President Donald Trump and his fami...
Apr 25, 2020
“No evidence” yet that recovered COVID patients cannot be reinfected: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently "no evidence" that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a sec...
Apr 25, 2020
Proxy advisers recommend Boeing shareholders vote against key board members
By Maria Ponnezhath and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Two proxy advisers, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), have recommended that shareholders of Boeing Co vote against key board ...
Apr 24, 2020
Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, U.S. states over contact tracing apps
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. states promoting apps that could prove essential to ending the coronavirus lockdown may be headed for a showdown with the two Silicon V...
Apr 24, 2020
Prosecutors deny misconduct in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday denied that law enforcement engaged in misconduct, fabricated evidence or tried to entrap "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin or other w...
Apr 24, 2020
New North American trade pact to take effect July 1: USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will take effect on July 1, a month later tha...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump immigration policy during pandemic
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a long-shot bid by New York and two other states to suspend during the coronavirus pandemic a Trump administration i...
Apr 24, 2020
United States repatriates stranded citizens from Cuba
By Rodrigo Gutierrez and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - About 300 U.S. citizens stranded in Cuba since Havana suspended regular air travel earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic were rep...
Apr 24, 2020
