Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Global oil output cuts held hostage to Mexican standoff
By Rania El Gamal and Vladimir Soldatkin DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Oil producers in the OPEC+ group, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, were expected to pressure Mexico on Friday to seal an accord for a c...
Apr 10, 2020
Indonesian doctor’s death exposes heartbreaking risks of coronavirus battle
By Kate Lamb and Wahyudwidi Cinthya (Reuters) - When Indonesian doctor Ratih Purwarini was buried at dusk in a Jakarta cemetery, only her son Firos saw her plastic-wrapped coffin used for coronavirus ...
Apr 10, 2020
PM Johnson recovering from COVID-19 as Britons told to shun outdoors
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson was resting in hospital on Friday as he recovered from COVID-19 while Britons were told to avoid the temptation of spring sunshine dur...
Apr 10, 2020
In parts of Africa, police are accused of excess force amid coronavirus lockdowns
By Stanis Bujakera and Ayenat Mersie KINSHASA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus, a police video started circulating online showing an of...
Apr 10, 2020
Japan’s battle with pandemic may mark end of Abe’s fiscal experiment
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic is upending Japan's seven-year experiment to rescue the economy from its debt timebomb, as recession f...
Apr 10, 2020
China’s Wuhan to keep testing residents as coronavirus lockdown eases
By Brenda Goh WUHAN (Reuters) - China's Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wa...
Apr 10, 2020
Tesla starts selling two new locally made Model 3 variants in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Friday it has started selling two new locally made Model 3 sedan variants in China. China-made Long Range Model 3 vehicles will be pri...
Apr 09, 2020
Helicopters, fines in Australia’s Easter travel crackdown against coronavirus
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will deploy helicopters, set up police checkpoints and hand out hefty fines to deter people from breaking an Easter travel ban, officials warned on Frida...
Apr 09, 2020
High U.S. unemployment, 2.5 million jobs lost through 2021: survey
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a widely expected and sharp drop in the U.S. economy over the next three months, a panel of top business economists sees high joblessness persisting fo...
Apr 09, 2020
Singapore stops teachers using Zoom app after ‘very serious incidents’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers, its education ministry said on Friday, after "very serious incidents" occurred in the first week of a...
Apr 09, 2020
