Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. economic recovery hampered by wobbly performance in powerhouse states
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Of the many tragedies in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic, among the largest was that the nation's four economic powerhouses - California, Florida, New York and Texas - bo...
Aug 28, 2020
Men accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape face U.S. extradition hearing
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday will hear arguments over whether two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd ...
Aug 28, 2020
Republican convention praise of Trump economy is risky strategy, poll highlights
By Howard Schneider and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans' support for President Donald Trump's management of the economy has slipped, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, challenging a bedrock r...
Aug 28, 2020
NBA star LeBron James emerges as potent political force ahead of November U.S. election
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Two years after a conservative commentator told LeBron James to "shut up and dribble," the NBA star has become an increasingly influential political...
Aug 28, 2020
What the conventions reveal for Biden, Trump in final stretch to November
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The back-to-back presidential nominating conventions that concluded with Donald Trump's speech on Thursday showed both sides intend to fight for the sliver of ...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump to campaign in New Hampshire after convention speech at White House
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to b...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. rights office says Blake shooting was ‘excessive’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday that the images of the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin appeared to show that the police officer had used "excessive" force...
Aug 28, 2020
Sinovac’s coronavirus vaccine candidate approved for emergency use in China- source
BEIJING (Reuters) - Sinovac Biotech Ltd's coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a programme in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical s...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S.Senator Rand Paul says attacked by ‘angry mob’ near White House
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Friday that he was attacked by what he described as an "angry mob" of more than 100 people near the White House and had to be rescued by the police. "Just go...
Aug 28, 2020
New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone
By Kate Kelland, Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay LONDON/BRUSSELS/GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID-1...
Aug 28, 2020
