Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Passover blessing at Western Wall downsized due to coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ten Jewish worshippers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special "Priestly Blessing" during the holiday of Passover, an event usually attended by thous...
Apr 12, 2020
‘I owe them my life’ – out of intensive care, UK’s Johnson praises medics
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain's state-run National Health Service, in his first comments since being released from intensive care for tr...
Apr 12, 2020
China’s U.S. envoy says trade deal being implemented, hopes for coordinated response
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is still implementing the first phase of a Sino-U.S. trade pact, its ambassador to the United States said, but hoped the two could work together to assess the changing situa...
Apr 11, 2020
Mainland China reports 99 new coronavirus cases, a jump from previous day
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 99 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 11, including 97 involving travelers from overseas, up from a total of 46 new cases a day earlier, China's Nati...
Apr 11, 2020
Airlines want U.S. Treasury to scrap proposal to make some grant money repayable
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal government's outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a ...
Apr 11, 2020
North Korea calls for stricter anti-epidemic measures
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called for more strict and thorough countermeasures to ensure the safety of its citizens from the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic at a political bureau meeting of the...
Apr 11, 2020
Food trucks start feeding big rig drivers at Interstate rest stops
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big rig driver Tanuya White was running essential products from Chicago to Shreveport, Louisiana, on Saturday when she stopped to sample food truck fare at a ...
Apr 11, 2020
Empty churches, food drive mark start of Easter weekend in coronavirus-hit U.S.
By Gabriella Borter and Liz Hampton NEW YORK (Reuters) - Political leaders and health experts urged Americans celebrating Good Friday and the Easter weekend under threat of the coronavirus to avoid ch...
Apr 11, 2020
Mexican president’s nationalist oil vision fuels standoff with Saudis
By Dave Graham and Rania El Gamal MEXICO CITY/DUBAI (Reuters) - The biggest supply cut ever contemplated by the world's top oil producers is hanging in the balance as a refusal by Mexico's leftist lea...
Apr 11, 2020
Exclusive: JPMorgan Chase to raise mortgage borrowing standards as economic outlook darkens
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , the country's largest lender by assets, is raising borrowing standards this week for most new home loans as the bank moves to mit...
Apr 11, 2020
