Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Chinese dams held back Mekong waters during drought, study finds
By Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water...
Apr 13, 2020
Futures retreat as focus turns to corporate earnings
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures declined more than 1% on Monday after a strong rally last week, with investors bracing for the earnings season for further evidence of the coronavir...
Apr 13, 2020
A U.S. tribe’s uphill battle against climate change
By Valerie Volcovici TAHOLAH, Washington (Reuters) - For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the coastline of Washington state lurch from crisis to crisis: rising sea levels have flooded t...
Apr 13, 2020
Results of Wisconsin’s chaotic election to be made public on Monday
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Results will be released on Monday for a hotly contested state Supreme Court race, a presidential primary and other elections conducted in Wisconsin last week despite he...
Apr 13, 2020
Spain loosens coronavirus lockdown but death toll races past 17,000
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, on Monday started to ease tough lockdown restrictions that have kept people confined to their homes for mor...
Apr 13, 2020
As death toll soars, UK finance minister warns economy could shrink by 30% – report
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister has told colleagues the economy could shrink by up to 30% this quarter because of the coronavirus lockdown, a newspaper reported, as th...
Apr 13, 2020
Exclusive: South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to U.S. on Tuesday – source
By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. Pre...
Apr 13, 2020
In oil market sunk by coronavirus, giant output cuts make ripple, not big waves
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Muted oil price gains on Monday show record output cuts by giant producers will still leave them with a mountain to climb to restore market balance, industry watc...
Apr 12, 2020
India plans to resume some manufacturing amid lockdown: sources
By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is planning to restart some manufacturing after April 15 to help offset the economic damage of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, two government sources said...
Apr 12, 2020
China’s new coronavirus cases near 6-week high, Russian border new battleground
By Yew Lun Tian and Huizhong Wu SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) - China's northeast Heilongjiang province which borders Russia has become the new battleground against the coronavirus as authorities reported...
Apr 12, 2020
