Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shi...
Apr 15, 2020
On fire’s anniversary, Notre-Dame’s great bell to break its silence
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris and stunned the world, the cathedral's great bell will ring out on Wednesday evening, as a mark of the ...
Apr 15, 2020
Oil market falls too big to offset with output cuts, IEA warns
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday forecast a 29 million barrel per day (bpd) dive in April oil demand to levels not seen in 25 years and warned no output cut by pro...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study says
(Reuters) - The United States may need to endure social distancing measures adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. The stu...
Apr 15, 2020
Coronavirus to push China’s first-quarter GDP into first decline on record: Reuters poll
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus health crisis likely knocked China's economy into its first decline since at least 1992 in the first quarter, raising the heat on authorities to do mor...
Apr 15, 2020
Oil in the age of coronavirus: a U.S. shale bust like no other
By Jennifer Hiller and Liz Hampton HOUSTON/DENVER (Reuters) - Texas oilman Mike Shellman has kept his MCA Petroleum Corp going for four decades, drilling wells through booms and busts and always selli...
Apr 15, 2020
Vietnam introduces ‘fake news’ fines for coronavirus misinformation
By Phuong Nguyen and James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - A new decree took effect in Vietnam on Wednesday introducing fines for the dissemination of 'fake news' or rumours on social media, amid the rapid ...
Apr 14, 2020
Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters) - Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has be...
Apr 14, 2020
Tesla’s China car registrations surge in March as Shanghai factory back up
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc's China car registrations jumped 450% in March, month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed. Tesla's China registrations ...
Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus seen knocking U.S. retail sales in March
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales likely suffered a record drop in March as mandatory business closures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak depressed deman...
Apr 14, 2020
