Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 674 to 12,418
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus death toll has risen by 674 to 12,418 in the last day, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. A day earlier the toll rose by 809. The number of registered cases ros...
Apr 05, 2020
UK coronavirus deaths could reach 7,000 to 20,000: Ferguson
LONDON (Reuters) - UK deaths from the coronavirus could rise to between about 7,000 and 20,000 under measures taken to slow the spread of the virus, Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial College in L...
Apr 05, 2020
Death at home: the unseen toll of Italy’s coronavirus crisis
By Emilio Parodi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) - It took Silvia Bertuletti 11 days of frantic phone calls to persuade a doctor to visit her 78-year-old father Alessandro, who was gripped by fever ...
Apr 05, 2020
United slashes New York-area flights due to coronavirus
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - United Airlines said late Saturday it will drastically reduce flights to two New York City airports amid the coronavirus outbreak. United said starting Sunday it will g...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump says he may take drug to treat coronavirus, questions states’ ventilator needs
By Jeff Mason and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his support for a drug that is still being tested to treat the coronavirus, saying he might...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump says if he has to put tariffs on oil imports to protect energy workers he will
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would put tariffs on imports of crude oil or take other measures if he has to protect energy workers from the oil price crash. "If I h...
Apr 04, 2020
Show typical British resolve, Queen to tell nation amid coronavirus outbreak
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will call on Britons to show the same resolve as their forebears and take on the challenge and disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak with g...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump says thousands of military to be sent to help states battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the U.S. government would be deploying thousands military personnel to states to help them deal with the coronavirus epidemic. "We'r...
Apr 04, 2020
Single passenger flights: The daily woes of airlines, and the crew still working
By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - When Reuters photographer Carlos Barria boarded American Airlines flight 4511 from Washington Reagan National Airport to New Orleans on Friday for an assignment, he was t...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump pick for coronavirus recovery watchdog is not independent enough: Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the new watchdog overseeing $2.3 trillion in coronavirus-related fiscal spending is not independent enough to do the job, congressional De...
Apr 04, 2020
