Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Supreme Court fight after Ginsburg’s death energizes women voters on both sides
By James Oliphant and Jonathan Drake WASHINGTON/FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday, Paulette Fittshu...
Sep 20, 2020
China’s ByteDance seeks $60 billion TikTok valuation in U.S. deal: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - China's ByteDance Ltd is seeking a valuation of $60 billion for TikTok as Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc take stakes in the short-video app's business to address U.S. security concerns, Bloom...
Sep 20, 2020
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China demand access for own lawyers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month demanded the city's government check on their condition and ensure lawyers appointed by the famil...
Sep 20, 2020
Britain is at COVID-19 tipping point, health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is at a tipping point on coronavirus, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, warning that unless people follow the government rules, the virus will spread and further ...
Sep 20, 2020
AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine trial in U.S still on hold
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Saturday that its COVID-19 vaccine trial in the United States is still on hold. AstraZeneca on Saturday published a document https://bit.ly/2FNcqu7 describing detai...
Sep 19, 2020
Thai protesters challenge monarchy with symbolic plaque
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters installed a plaque in the field opposite the Grand Palace in Bangkok early on Sunday inscribed with the message that Thailand belongs to the people and not to the m...
Sep 19, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg, a liberal dynamo, championed women’s rights
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a heroine to the American left after overcoming entrenched sexism in the legal profession to ascend to the U.S. Supreme Court, wher...
Sep 19, 2020
Firefighters in U.S. northwest aided by weather, as winds drive California blaze
(Reuters) - Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest got a helping hand from cooler, damp weather in their battle against an array of deadly wildfires on Saturday, even as uncooperative winds in Southern...
Sep 19, 2020
Trump says he is approving TikTok Oracle deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will approve a deal that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States after threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app in Augu...
Sep 19, 2020
Ginsburg’s death on Rosh Hashanah especially significant for some Jewish Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just as many Jews in the United States were sitting down to a post-sunset Rosh Hashanah dinner on Friday, preparing to dip apples in honey to signal the sweetness of the year to...
Sep 19, 2020
