Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus, global death toll mounts
By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump’s name to be on stimulus checks going to Americans: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trump's name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans,...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump says close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1
By Jeff Mason and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is close to completing a plan to end the coronavirus shutdown and reopen the battered U.S. economy wi...
Apr 14, 2020
Arizona to test 250,000 first responders, healthcare workers for COVID-19
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday said it would provide coronavirus antibody tests for 250,000 health-care workers and first responders in the largest such testing in the United States to d...
Apr 14, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 89 day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, compared with 89 cases a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission on Wednesday. Of the new...
Apr 14, 2020
NYC hospitals cancel temporary workers as coronavirus cases stabilize
By Deena Beasley and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - Staffing agencies, which have deployed thousands of healthcare workers in recent weeks to travel to jobs at hospitals in New York City and other areas h...
Apr 14, 2020
Asian stocks seen retreating from 1-month high as investors reconsider risk
By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares looked set to pull back from a one-month high on Tuesday, as warnings of a deep recession dampened investor optimism that the slowing spread of the co...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump says halting World Health Organization funding over its handling of virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to at least temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the c...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump approval rises, but more Americans support Biden for president: poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week, but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden ...
Apr 14, 2020
Most U.S. healthcare workers who contracted coronavirus likely infected at work: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - More than half of U.S. healthcare personnel infected with the new coronavirus likely contracted it via contact with an infected patient or coworker, new data from the ...
Apr 14, 2020
