Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Thousands protest in Mauritius over dead dolphins, demand resignations
By Giulia Paravicini (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday to demand an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese ship and the mysterio...
Aug 29, 2020
In race to replace Japan’s Abe, loyalist Suga emerges as strong contender
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga, a longtime lieutenant of Japan's Shinzo Abe, has emerged as a strong contender to succeed him as prime minister, an outcome that would extend the fiscal...
Aug 29, 2020
Turkey to hold military exercise off Cyprus amid Mediterranean tensions
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks, amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east M...
Aug 29, 2020
‘Putin, have some tea’: Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest
(Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin's handling of a regional political crisis and the...
Aug 29, 2020
‘Black Panther’ film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chadwick Boseman, the "Black Panther" Marvel film star, has died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, according to an announcement posted on Friday on th...
Aug 28, 2020
Chinese national arrested in U.S. probe of possible transfer of software to China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese national who is a researcher at a California university was arrested and charged with destroying a computer hard drive during an FBI investigation into the possible tr...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump says people protesting in Washington Thursday were ‘thugs’
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday branded as "thugs" people who protested in Washington on Thursday night as he gave his presidential nomination acceptance speech to t...
Aug 28, 2020
Leonard Cohen’s estate slams Republicans’ use of ‘Hallelujah’ as bid to politicize
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singer's "Hallelujah" at the Republican National Convention (RNC), calli...
Aug 28, 2020
Operator of Trump International Hotel in Vancouver files for bankruptcy
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The company that operates the Trump International Hotel in Vancouver said on Friday it has filed for bankruptcy, blaming the coronavirus pandemic for lost reve...
Aug 28, 2020
New York Times must face Sarah Palin’s defamation claim: court ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times' bid to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit over an editorial she said wrongly linked her to a 2011 mass shooting. U.S. ...
Aug 28, 2020
