Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Special Report: A night on the New York subway – Homeless find shelter underground during pandemic
By Maurice Tamman NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lights still scream for attention, but on this night Times Square has the feel of an abandoned Hollywood film set. Gone are the hordes of tourists shooting s...
Apr 22, 2020
Trump to sign executive order on immigration on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, said in a tweet he would sign an executive order later on Wednesday "prohibiting immigration" that he has said would protect U.S. workers amid the e...
Apr 22, 2020
American quandary: how to secure weapons-grade minerals without China
By Ernest Scheyder MOUNTAIN PASS, Calif. (Reuters) - The United States wants to curb its reliance on China for specialized minerals used to make weapons and high-tech equipment, but it faces a Catch-2...
Apr 22, 2020
Futures bounce after two days of oil-led rout
By C Nivedita and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rebounded on Wednesday as upbeat quarterly earnings reports lifted investor sentiment following a two-day selloff due to a recor...
Apr 22, 2020
Safe as houses? Trading from home tests bank defences during crisis
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Trading worth billions of dollars has shifted to kitchen tables or bedrooms as traders work through the coronavirus crisis from home, testing patchy fixes to make sure ...
Apr 22, 2020
‘A disaster’: Roche CEO’s verdict on some COVID-19 antibody tests
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a "disaster", Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he pre...
Apr 22, 2020
Georgia residents torn between desire to return to work and fear of coronavirus resurgence
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Rebecca Hardin is tired of stay-at-home restrictions that weeks ago shut down the Atlanta hair salon where she works, but she wondered if an order by the state's gove...
Apr 22, 2020
‘Fingers crossed it’ll work’: Britain’s Zoom parliament begins
LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers will upend 700 years of history on Wednesday when they question ministers by video link - an unprecedented and largely untested 'hybrid parliament' arrangement for...
Apr 22, 2020
First U.S. coronavirus death occurred in early February in California
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Health officials in California's Santa Clara County have identified two people who died from the new coronavirus in early and mid-February, making them the earliest known...
Apr 22, 2020
Fear of coronavirus haunts Egypt’s cramped jails
CAIRO (Reuters) - Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo's Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying "Freedom for prisoners". He was detained. Now awaiting trial for more than a year...
Apr 22, 2020
