Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Bankruptcy looms over U.S. energy industry, from oil fields to pipelines
By Jessica Resnick-Ault and David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shale producers, refiners and pipeline companies are scrambling for cash and face likely restructuring as they struggle under heavy d...
Apr 23, 2020
Pompeo: U.S. calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases....
Apr 22, 2020
Record U.S. jobless claims wipe out post-Great Recession employment gains
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A record 26 million Americans likely sought unemployment benefits over the last five weeks, confirming that all the jobs created during the longest employment ...
Apr 22, 2020
U.N. chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated...
Apr 22, 2020
For SoftBank’s Son, coronavirus turns vision to illusion
By Anirban Sen and Sam Nussey BANGALORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son's dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses at hi...
Apr 22, 2020
Detroit automakers, UAW to continue talks over reopening U.S. plants
(Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) said late Wednesday discussions are still underway with Detroit's Big Three automakers to safely restart U.S. production halted by the coronavirus pandemic. G...
Apr 22, 2020
Pandemic throws Asia’s services firms, factories into deeper decline
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic battered Asian economies in April with social-distancing policies and business closures taking a particularly heavy toll on the region's serv...
Apr 22, 2020
Italian cruise ship docked in Japan has 14 more coronavirus cases: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fourteen more cases of coronavirus infections have been confirmed on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs at Japan's Nagasaki prefecture, bringing the total to at least 48, publ...
Apr 22, 2020
What U.S. doctors wish they had known before the coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - "What I did not recognize was the severity of illness that would be seen in patients who are older and the rapidity with which this illness would spread through elderly populations." As si...
Apr 22, 2020
Asia stocks set to rise after Wall Street gains on oil rebound
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian equity markets were poised to edge higher on Thursday after rebounding crude prices and the promise of more U.S. government aid to ease the economic pai...
Apr 22, 2020
