Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Rescuers search Beirut rubble for third day, with nation transfixed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble of a Beirut building for a third day on Saturday, still hoping to find someone alive more than a month after a massive port explos...
Sep 05, 2020
After criticism, Trump says Pentagon will not shut down Stars and Stripes
(Reuters) - After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers, President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not be shutting down the Stars and Stripes military newspaper as announced by the Pentag...
Sep 05, 2020
Pope to travel outside Rome for first time since coronavirus pandemic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will next month visit the Italian town of Assisi, his first trip out of Rome since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in February, and will sign a new encyc...
Sep 05, 2020
Summer of protests ends with rallies for and against Trump across U.S.
(Reuters) - A summer of street marches will culminate over the Labor Day holiday weekend with some rallies backing U.S. President Donald Trump, while others continue protests against racial inequality...
Sep 05, 2020
Portland police made ‘multiple arrests’ overnight as city nears 100 days of protests
(Reuters) - Portland Police made multiple arrests overnight on Friday as the Oregon city nears 100 days of demonstrations against racism and police brutality. "Yes, we have made multiple arrests tonig...
Sep 05, 2020
Iran’s friends should have defied U.S. sanctions during pandemic: President Rouhani
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani bemoaned Iran's friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and breaking crippling sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic. He also said...
Sep 05, 2020
TikTok troubles narrow gap between Beijing and ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming
By Yingzhi Yang, Yew Lun Tian and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur, largely eschewing Chinese govern...
Sep 05, 2020
India defense ministry says agreed with China to ease tension on border
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Saturday it had agreed with China to work toward reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defense ministers of both countries. Bot...
Sep 05, 2020
Judge temporarily bans Detroit police from chokeholds, rubber bullets against protesters
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A federal judge temporarily barred Detroit police from the use of striking weapons, chokeholds, chemical agents and rubber bullets against demonstrators, medical support ...
Sep 05, 2020
Images suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile: think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite imagery of a North Korean shipyard on Friday shows activity suggestive of preparations for a test of a medium-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, a U.S. think ...
Sep 04, 2020
