Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
NZ prime minister on course for election victory: poll
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is poised to retain power at next month's election, a widely watched poll showed on Sunday, although it said a recent COVI...
Sep 27, 2020
Yemen warring parties agree largest prisoner swap, sources say
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties have agreed to exchange some 1,000 prisoners, including 19 Saudi soldiers, at United Nations-sponsored talks as part of trust-building steps aimed at reviving ...
Sep 27, 2020
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of attacking settlements in disputed region
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia said early on Sunday that neighbouring Azerbaijan had attacked civilian settlements in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and urged the population in the disputed region to seek r...
Sep 27, 2020
Australia’s Victoria state to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases slow
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Victoria, Australia's second most populous state and the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, will accelerate the easing of social distancing restrictions ...
Sep 26, 2020
China’s industrial profits grow 19.1% year-on-year in August
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Profits at China's industrial firms grew 19.1% year-on-year in August to 612.81 billion yuan, the statistics bureau said on Sunday, as the vast manufacturing sector extended its r...
Sep 26, 2020
From big family to U.S. high court, Barrett ‘used to being in group of nine’
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the parent of seven children, Amy Coney Barrett knows about working with a large group: it is an experience she will have again if confirmed as the ninth jus...
Sep 26, 2020
Democrats hammer Trump’s Supreme Court pick, say she could jeopardize Obamacare
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trump's choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supr...
Sep 26, 2020
Senate confirmation hearings likely to start Oct. 12 for Barrett, Trump says
By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Senate will likely open hearings on his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. 12 ...
Sep 26, 2020
North Korea warns of naval tensions during search for slain South Korean: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it would hand over the body a South Korean man killed by its troops if it is found during a search operation, but warned South Korea from sending any warships into t...
Sep 26, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett has staked out conservative positions
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In nominating Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has selected a federal appeals court jud...
Sep 26, 2020
