Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Trump says he saved 51 million jobs in pandemic. Economists, U.S. officials say otherwise
By Lawrence Delevingne, Chris Prentice, Michelle Price and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Standing before half a dozen American flags during a press conference at his country club in Bedminster, Ne...
Aug 27, 2020
Shockwaves from Wisconsin police shooting rattle U.S. sports and politics
By Brendan McDermid and Stephen Maturen KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Peace returned to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for a night but shockwaves from the police shooting that paralyzed a Black man reverberated acro...
Aug 27, 2020
Wall Street futures down ahead of Powell’s speech on monetary policy
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Thursday as tensions between Washington and Beijing dampened the mood ahead of an address by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in which...
Aug 27, 2020
EU signs contract with AstraZeneca on supply of potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had signed a contract on behalf of EU states with British drugmaker AstraZeneca for the supply of at least 300 million doses of its COV...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump caps Republican convention with pitch for a second White House term
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will make a crucial pitch for a second term in the White House on Thursday with a keynote address at the Republican National Convention high...
Aug 27, 2020
Delta, facing its own troubles, may have to repay $300 million on behalf of Brazil’s Gol
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines is facing a fresh Latin American headache as a Monday deadline nears for former Brazilian partner Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes to repay a $...
Aug 27, 2020
Minneapolis under state of emergency after Black homicide suspect’s death
(Reuters) - The governor of Minnesota declared a state of peacetime emergency on the city of Minneapolis after violent protests erupted on Wednesday night following the death of a Black homicide suspe...
Aug 27, 2020
Russia launches probe into hospitalization of Kremlin critic Navalny: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Interior Ministry said on Thursday it was launching a probe into the hospitalization of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over what his allies suspect was a poisoning, TASS new...
Aug 27, 2020
Senegal’s first female pro surfer draws others in her wake
By Zohra Bensemra DAKAR (Reuters) - Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal's first female professional surfer, Sambe ...
Aug 27, 2020
Russia accuses U.S. of hindering patrol in Syria after collision injures U.S. troops
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow on Thursday accused the U.S. military of trying to hinder a Russian patrol in Syria after Washington said U.S. troops had been injured in a collision with a Russian vehicle. ...
Aug 27, 2020
