Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
German hospital says Kremlin critic Navalny has been discharged
BERLIN (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the hospital in Berlin where he has been treated after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and then being a...
Sep 23, 2020
In the name of the mother: Afghan woman wins recognition, sparks Taliban opposition
By Orooj Hakimi and Storay Karimi HERAT/KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of t...
Sep 23, 2020
Positive about flying? Airlines look to COVID tests that give results in minutes
By John Miller and Emilio Parodi ZURICH/MILAN (Reuters) - European airlines are pinning hopes on pre-flight COVID-19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers' c...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers were racing against the tide on Wednesday to free whales beached off the Australian coast, with more than half the estimated 470 mammals in the country's bigg...
Sep 23, 2020
Fujifilm’s Avigan meets primary endpoint in Phase-3 trial for COVID-19
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on Wednesday its Avigan drug met the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 patients in Japan. Japan had urged Fujifilm to triple natio...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump order seeks to ban military, government contractors from some diversity training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that he said would ban the military, government contractors and federal grantees from some diversity training. The le...
Sep 22, 2020
Pence’s plane forced to return to New Hampshire airport over engine issue: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's plane was forced to return to a Manchester, New Hampshire, airport on Tuesday due to an engine issue, Fox News reported. Local TV station WMUR, ...
Sep 22, 2020
Asian stocks set to gain after Wall Street’s tech bounce
By Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to open higher on Wednesday after tech-fueled Wall Street gains although focus is shifting to renewed U.S.-Sino tensions, which could weigh...
Sep 22, 2020
New York says new cluster of Brooklyn COVID-19 cases causes ‘significant concern’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in Brooklyn, and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoo...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. warns ‘foreign actors’ aim to sow doubts over mail-in voting
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies on Tuesday warned that "foreign actors" will likely try to discredit the November presidential election by...
Sep 22, 2020
