Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Senate should not vote on Supreme Court nominee before election, says Republican Senator Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov. 3 presidential election, and the winne...
Sep 19, 2020
Iran’s Zarif says world should oppose U.S. sanctions or expect same
DUBAI (Reuters) - The world community should oppose the United States' use of sanctions to impose its will as a "bully," or expect to face sanctions itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zar...
Sep 19, 2020
Envelope of deadly poison addressed to White House intercepted – media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A envelope addressed to the White House contained a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison, several media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a federal official briefed...
Sep 19, 2020
TikTok says it already committed to government oversight of U.S. data security
(Reuters) - Video-sharing app TikTok said on Saturday it has already committed to the U.S. government oversight of data security in the country, and that it was "disappointed" by the Trump administrat...
Sep 19, 2020
Oil workers flee as third storm in month aims for U.S. offshore fields
By Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc halted some oil production and began evacuating workers from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform, the company said on Saturday, as a new tropica...
Sep 19, 2020
Former Canada PM Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks, dies aged 91
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA - Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks and led his Liberal Party to a massive electoral defeat in 1984, died on Saturday aged 91, m...
Sep 19, 2020
Death of U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg raises stakes in battle for Senate control
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate, forcing embattled Republican incumb...
Sep 19, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 198,099 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 6,706,374 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 49,575 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Sep 19, 2020
Pompeo hails Colombia’s stance on Maduro, pledges more help in drugs fight
BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday thanked Colombian President Ivan Duque for his stance against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and pledged continued assistance t...
Sep 19, 2020
Airstrikes on Taliban base kill at least 12 civilians – local Afghan officials
KABUL (Reuters) - A twin airstrike on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 10 people on Saturday, provincial officials and Ta...
Sep 19, 2020
