Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Six killed as severe storms, tornadoes rip through U.S. South
(Reuters) - At least six people were killed on Sunday as a strong storm system swept across Mississippi and Louisiana, spinning off more than a dozen tornadoes and leaving behind a path of destruction...
Apr 12, 2020
To Belgrade and beyond: Beijing exports China model of virus management
By Keith Zhai and Aleksandar Vasovic SINGAPORE/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleks...
Apr 12, 2020
Oil, equities slip as OPEC+ cut fails to lift confidence
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices and U.S. stock futures dipped in early Monday trade as a landmark agreement by OPEC and its allies to slash output by a record amount failed to give inves...
Apr 12, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic to test China’s unemployment safety net
By Gabriel Crossley and Cheng Leng BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause millions more people in China to lose their jobs, leaving many of them stranded without a safety ne...
Apr 12, 2020
Oil agreement could support stocks, providing a floor
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - An agreement by oil producing nations to cut output by a record amount may sustain a recent bounce in stocks, though stay-at-home restrictions and closures tied to the coron...
Apr 12, 2020
‘Here Comes the Sun’ gets U.S. hospitals through dark days of pandemic
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The most powerful medicine being used to bolster the morale of New York area healthcare workers at the epicenter of the U.S. novel coronavirus crisis may well ...
Apr 12, 2020
OPEC+ agrees largest ever oil output cut of 9.7 million bpd: sources
LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10% of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus ...
Apr 12, 2020
U.S. health experts stress need for widespread coronavirus testing
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs to ramp up testing for the coronavirus as the White House considers when and how to lift stay-at-home restrictions and lockdowns triggere...
Apr 12, 2020
Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and w...
Apr 12, 2020
OPEC, Russia meet again to approve biggest ever oil cut
By Katya Golubkova, Rania El Gamal and Ahmad Ghaddar BAKU/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations were meeting on Sunday in a bid to clinch a deal on the biggest oil cut ...
Apr 12, 2020
