Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Police declare gathering outside Portland’s City Hall a ‘riot’, order crowd to disperse
(Reuters) - Police in the U.S. city of Portland late on Tuesday declared a gathering of hundreds of protesters outside City Hall as a riot, ordering the crowd to disperse or face arrest. "To those on ...
Aug 26, 2020
Laura swirls toward U.S. Gulf Coast as category 2 hurricane
(Reuters) - Laura has strengthened into a category 2 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, rapidly intensifying as it barrels towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (...
Aug 26, 2020
Banks in bonus balancing act as economies shrink but markets boom
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - Major international banks may still pay out big bonuses to high flyers this year even as the pandemic saps the global economy, as fears of losing talent to rivals d...
Aug 26, 2020
Republican convention touts Trump trade deals, despite mixed results
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Speakers at the Republican convention on Tuesday night touted President Donald Trump's "tough-on-trade" approach as a key argument for his re-election in November, alth...
Aug 26, 2020
Hong Kong police arrests two pro-democracy lawmakers in relation to 2019 protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police have arrested two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers in relation to anti-government protests in July last year, one of whom was suspected of rioting, the Democratic Party said...
Aug 25, 2020
Father of youngest NZ mosque victim tells shooter there is no forgiveness
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The father of slain three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son t...
Aug 25, 2020
Asian stocks set for cautious gains on Sino-U.S. trade hopes
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stock were set for a choppy session on Wednesday, following a mixed Wall Street lead as markets cheered signs of progress in U.S.-Sino trade negotiation...
Aug 25, 2020
Ex-Trump adviser Cohn seeks $600 million for blank-check company IPO
By Joshua Franklin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gary Cohn, the former economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has teamed up with investor Clifton S. Robbins to seek $600 million in an initial public ...
Aug 25, 2020
Cambridge university aims for autumn trials of coronavirus vaccine after UK funding
LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Cambridge is aiming to start clinical trials of its possible coronavirus vaccine in the autumn after it received 1.9 million pounds ($2.5 million) in funding from ...
Aug 25, 2020
Democratic U.S. lawmaker says he is probing Pompeo’s Republican convention appearance
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo'...
Aug 25, 2020
