Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pelosi rejects McConnell emergency coronavirus spending plan, urges Fed to widen loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed emergency spending plan to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
New York’s Cuomo challenges Trump’s claim to have the authority to reopen economy
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would refuse any order by President Donald Trump that would begin the process of reopening the economy bef...
Apr 14, 2020
Obama to endorse Biden for 2020 Democratic nomination: NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama will endorse his vice president, Joe Biden, for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, NBC News reported, citing an unidentif...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump administration declines to tighten soot pollution standards: EPA chief
(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it had decided not to tighten air quality regulations governing soot pollution, arguing that the current standards are adequate to protect human he...
Apr 14, 2020
Mexico-Trump oil deal raises question: At what cost?
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leader has incurred a debt with U.S. President Donald Trump by accepting U.S. help to end a standoff over global oil cuts, triggering concern the Americ...
Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus ‘Great Lockdown’ to shrink global economy by 3% in 2020: IMF
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the...
Apr 14, 2020
Governor Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, ‘I wouldn’t do it’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that President Donald Trump gave to reopen his state in an unsafe manner during the coronavirus ou...
Apr 14, 2020
As rebel-held Syria fears virus, just one machine is there to test
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A single machine at Mohamad Shahim Makki's medical centre in Idlib province, part of Syria's last rebel stronghold, is the only alarm that will sound when the...
Apr 14, 2020
Ten U.S. states developing ‘reopening’ plans account for 38% of U.S. economy
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The ten U.S. states coordinating plans separately from the White House to reopen businesses shut by the coronavirus are responsible for an outsized proportion o...
Apr 14, 2020
Exclusive: Nurses at Mexico hospital hit by coronavirus say they were told to avoid masks
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Nurses at a public hospital hit by Mexico's worst coronavirus outbreak were told by their managers not to wear protective masks at the start of the epidemic to avoid sowi...
Apr 14, 2020
