Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
The S11 dormitory: inside Singapore’s biggest coronavirus cluster
By Ruma Paul, Koustav Samanta and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For Habibur Rahman, the only glimpse of life outside the four walls of the cramped Singapore dormitory room he shares with 11...
Apr 21, 2020
Apple expands services business to markets in Africa and beyond
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday said it would expand its App Store, Apple Music and other services to dozens of new markets in Africa, the Middle East and beyond in the biggest geog...
Apr 21, 2020
Special Report: India’s migrant workers fall through cracks in coronavirus lockdown
By Alasdair Pal and Danish Siddiqui JUGYAI, India (Reuters) - Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi....
Apr 21, 2020
Two U.S. warships in South China Sea amid China-Malaysia standoff
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Two U.S. warships are operating in the South China Sea, the Navy said on Tuesday, with three regional security sources saying they were...
Apr 21, 2020
China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
By Yew Lun Tian and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world,...
Apr 20, 2020
Afghan prisoner exchanges, U.S. peace plan threatened by coronavirus
By Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed and Rupam Jain WASHINGTON/MUMBAI (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel a U.S. effort to end the war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government pri...
Apr 20, 2020
WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual
BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual, and if restrictions were to be relaxed...
Apr 20, 2020
Starbucks brings Beyond Meat to China with new plant-based lunch menu
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said on Monday it would roll out a new plant-based lunch menu in China this week, launching Beyond Meat Inc's products in a country where it is trying to recover from the no...
Apr 20, 2020
Brady told to leave park closed due to COVID-19, says Tampa mayor
(Reuters) - Six-times Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady was told to leave a Tampa park that had been closed as part of measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the city's mayor said ...
Apr 20, 2020
Biden’s campaign steps up fundraising, gathers $46.7 million in March
By Jason Lange and Grant Smith WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden raised $46.7 million in March for his presidential campaign, his largest one-month haul yet despite ...
Apr 20, 2020
