Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Wall Street firm dangled up to 175% returns to investors using U.S. aid programs
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - A New York investment firm pitched wealthy investors in recent days on a way to make returns of 22% to 175% using U.S. government programs designed to help Am...
Apr 09, 2020
Democrats tread carefully in attacking Trump on coronavirus
By Elizabeth Culliford, Joseph Ax and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - For weeks, President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, dec...
Apr 09, 2020
Pass the salt: The minute details that helped Germany build virus defences
By Jrn Poltz and Paul Carrel MUNICH (Reuters) - One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, t...
Apr 09, 2020
French regulator: Google must pay French news and publishing firms for using their content
PARIS (Reuters) - France's competition authority issued a ruling on Thursday that Google would have to pay up to French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content. The ruling by...
Apr 09, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus case tally surpasses 10,000 after record daily rise
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday reported a record one-day rise of 1,459 new cases of coronavirus, pushing its national case total to 10,131. The number of coronavirus-related deaths rose by 13 t...
Apr 09, 2020
Rockets hit U.S. air base in Afghanistan; no casualties
KABUL (Reuters) - Five rockets hit a U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Thursday, but there were no casualties, two senior security officials said, and no militant group immediately claimed responsibilit...
Apr 09, 2020
Cardinal Pell’s acquittal stirs abuse survivor memories in Ballarat hometown
By Sonali Paul and Jonathan Barrett MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A thick line of black tape obscures Cardinal George Pell's name on a board lauding ordained alumni of St Patrick's College in the Austr...
Apr 09, 2020
PM Johnson ‘improving’ in intensive care as UK ponders COVID-19 lockdown
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a third night in intensive care with COVID-19 complications but is improving and able to sit up as hi...
Apr 09, 2020
Britain’s William and wife Kate surprise school children with video call
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate surprised children at a school with a video-call to offer thanks to their parents who are key workers keeping the country running during t...
Apr 09, 2020
California developer says virus an act of God, sues Exxon over stalled deal
(Reuters) - A California retail developer claims the state's coronavirus lockdown was an act of God that prevented it from completing a $4.2 million property acquisition, asking a court to prevent own...
Apr 09, 2020
