Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Picking for Britain – coronavirus crisis draws workers to farms
By Natalie Thomas and James Davey BRAUNTON, England (Reuters) - Thousands of Britons have answered the call for backbreaking work on the country's fruit and vegetable farms this summer as the coronavi...
Apr 20, 2020
Novartis, U.S. regulators agree to malaria drug trial against COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients, t...
Apr 20, 2020
Home gardening blooms around the world during coronavirus lockdowns
By Christopher Walljasper and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jaime Calder all but gave up on gardening after moving from the fertile soils of Illinois to dusty Texas, but the coronavirus changed her...
Apr 20, 2020
Alibaba says to invest $28 billion in cloud computing services
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will invest 200 billion yuan ($28.27 billion) in cloud infrastructure over a three year period, the e-commerce company said on Monday. The plan c...
Apr 19, 2020
Australia plans law forcing Google, Facebook to share ad revenue with domestic media firms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will pass legislation within months obliging Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to share advertising revenue with local media firms, the country's treasurer said on Mo...
Apr 19, 2020
Food crisis will not take place in China: agriculture minister
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A food crisis will not take place in China, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said on Monday, adding that the country has the confidence and ability to secure supplies of g...
Apr 19, 2020
Asia shares off to cautious start, U.S. crude slides
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday on expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global...
Apr 19, 2020
About 2,500 protesters converge at Washington state capitol against stay-at-home order
By Gregory Scruggs OLYMPIA, WA. (Reuters) - An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order to limit the spre...
Apr 19, 2020
Trump favors more coronavirus aid to U.S. states, but in later bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments, but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Con...
Apr 19, 2020
Life under lockdown in India’s massive Dharavi slum
By Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) - In homes that are cramped, stuffy and increasingly low on food, residents of Mumbai's huge Dharavi slum are struggling under India's nationwide lockdown. In D...
Apr 19, 2020
