Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Wall Street futures rise on approval of plasma treatment for COVID-19 patients
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as the country's top drug regulator's approval for emergency use of antibody-rich blood plasma on COVID-19 patients lifted treatment ...
Aug 24, 2020
WHO says 172 countries engaging with global COVID-19 vaccine plan
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Some 172 countries are engaging with the WHO-led COVAX plan designed to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Monday, but more f...
Aug 24, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. will preserve Israel’s military edge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would continue to ensure Israel enjoyed a military edge in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals w...
Aug 24, 2020
Small but growing Russian support for QAnon conspiracies seen online
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Russian government-supported organizations are playing a small but increasing role amplifying conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon, raising concerns of interf...
Aug 24, 2020
Factbox: Why North Carolina and Wisconsin, U.S. political convention hosts, matter for Trump and Biden
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans chose Wisconsin and North Carolina, two battleground states that will help decide the Nov. 3 presidential election, to host their nominating co...
Aug 24, 2020
Explainer: Trump’s diplomatic legacy: lost trust, scarred ties and sanctions
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas, such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. rela...
Aug 24, 2020
Delta doubles cabin cleaners in ‘pit stop’ revamp, buys kits to test for germs
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines has doubled its staffing to handle revamped pre-flight "pit stops" for deeper cleaning and wants to ensure that tray tables and restroom door hand...
Aug 24, 2020
As president, Biden would not trash all Trump’s foreign policy legacy
By David Brunnstrom, Humeyra Pamuk and Luke Baker WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - When Donald Trump was elected U.S. president in 2016, almost immediately, and with evident relish, he set about trying t...
Aug 24, 2020
Tropical storm Laura likely to become hurricane by Tuesday: U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Laura is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by early Tuesday, the U.S National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. The system is located about 255 miles...
Aug 24, 2020
Remembering the Rohingya exodus
(Reuters) - Carrying bundles of belongings and often barefoot, they trekked for days over western Myanmar's monsoon-drenched mountains, before fording the Naf River into Bangladesh. Many braved sea cr...
Aug 24, 2020
