Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: France first – Paris ignores EU calls to lift export bans on COVID-19 drugs
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France has expanded its list of drugs that face export restrictions through the coronavirus crisis despite repeated calls from the European Union to lift cu...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court hands setback to environmentalists in Hawaii water pollution suit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lower court ruling that had given the green light for environmentalists to sue a Hawaii county for allowing dis...
Apr 23, 2020
Pompeo warns U.S. may never restore WHO funding
By David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization is needed following its handling of the ...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. new home sales fall sharply in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes dropped by the most in more than 6-1/2 years in March and further declines are likely as the novel coronavirus outbreak batters the economy...
Apr 23, 2020
Supreme Court eases path to deport immigrants for crimes
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes in a victory for President Donald Trump's a...
Apr 23, 2020
Mexico, U.S. ‘need each other’ on migration, Lopez Obrador says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States depend on each other when it comes to migration, and it is important not to "paralyze" commercial activity between the two countries, Mexican Presi...
Apr 23, 2020
German court opens first Syria torture trial
By Petra Wischgoll KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) - Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad's security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a ...
Apr 23, 2020
Futures dip ahead of jobless claims, business activity data
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Thursday as investors braced for another staggering jobless claims report and an expected plunge in business activity data as swee...
Apr 23, 2020
In Texas, a coastal city tries to test its way out of coronavirus pandemic
By Brad Brooks and Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Each day, hundreds of residents of Galveston County, Texas, are tested for the new coronavirus. Free diagnostic tests are being offered to anyone over the age...
Apr 23, 2020
Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - U.S. workers who refuse to return to their jobs because they are worried about catching the coronavirus should not count on getting unemployment benefits, state officials ...
Apr 23, 2020
