Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Deaths in England from coronavirus 15% higher than previously reported, stats office says
LONDON (Reuters) - Deaths in England caused by the coronavirus by April 3 were 15% higher than previously reported, according to official data published on Tuesday. "The latest comparable data for dea...
Apr 14, 2020
India extends world’s biggest lockdown as coronavirus cases cross 10,000
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday extended until May 3 a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people as the number of coronavirus cases crossed 10,000 despite a three-week s...
Apr 14, 2020
North Korea fired multiple short-range cruise missiles into sea: South Korea military
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched what is believed to be multiple short-range cruise missiles into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff s...
Apr 14, 2020
Troll no more: Energy Twitter group’s big short on shale comes good
By Shariq Khan and Arathy S Nair (Reuters) - Just like the street hustler turned commodities broker in the 1980s comedy "Trading Places" for which he named his twitter account, @WillRayValentin (BRV) ...
Apr 14, 2020
European politicians, CEOs, lawmakers urge green coronavirus recovery
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European politicians, CEOs, lawmakers and activists called on Tuesday for green investment to restart growth after the coronavirus pandemic, saying fighting climate change and pro...
Apr 14, 2020
Indian PM extends lockdown to May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended a nationwide lockdown until May 3 as the number of coronavirus cases crossed 10,000 despite a three-week shutdown. Modi, i...
Apr 13, 2020
China March exports slump slows to 6.6% year-on-year, imports down 0.9%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports fell 6.6% in March from a year earlier, while imports shrank 0.9%, a better than expected outcome as factories restarted production, though the global coronavirus h...
Apr 13, 2020
China tightens Russian border checks, approves experimental coronavirus vaccine trials
By Yew Lun Tian and Huizhong Wu SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) - China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as it battles to contain imported cas...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. appeals court blocks Texas curbs on medication abortion
By Lawrence Hurley (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday blocked Texas from enforcing curbs on medication-induced abortions as part of the Republican-governed state's restrictions aimed at postpo...
Apr 13, 2020
Trump administration to unveil $15.5 billion first phase of coronavirus farm aid: sources
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $15.5 billion in the initial phase of its plan to bolster the nation's food supply chain against the impacts...
Apr 13, 2020
