Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Kremlin critic Navalny was under police surveillance before falling ill: paper
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell gravely ill on Thursday after what his allies believe was a poisoning, was under intense police surveillance in preceding days, a Russian tab...
Aug 23, 2020
U.S.-led troops withdraw from Iraq’s Taji base
By Maher Nazeh and Thaier Al-Sudani CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Reuters) - United States-led international coalition troops withdrew from Iraq's Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security ...
Aug 23, 2020
Iran calls for countries not to politicise data from downed Ukrainian jet
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is calling on all countries involved to refrain from politicising data analysis from the blackboxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane that Tehran said it accidentally shot downed i...
Aug 23, 2020
Police order protesters to disperse outside Portland building
(Reuters) - Police officers were hit by rocks and bottles during a protest in the Oregon city of Portland late on Saturday and police told people to leave the area or face arrest. In a Twitter post, t...
Aug 23, 2020
With China tensions rising, U.S. joins Taiwan to mark battle anniversary
By Ben Blanchard KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - The de facto U.S. ambassador in Taipei joined for the first time on Sunday a Taiwanese leader, amid rising tensions with Beijing, to commemorate a key milit...
Aug 23, 2020
U.S. NHC says tropical storm Laura producing heavy rains over Dominican Republic
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Laura was producing heavy rains over the Dominican Republic late on Saturday, the United States National Hurricane Center said. Laura was located about 25 miles (40 kilomete...
Aug 22, 2020
TikTok to challenge Trump’s executive order
(Reuters) - TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibits transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent Byte...
Aug 22, 2020
Trump says could ‘decouple’ and not do business with China
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview airing Sunday, raised the possibility of decoupling the U.S. economy from China, a major purchaser of U.S. good...
Aug 22, 2020
Israeli protesters, decrying corruption, keep pressure on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the summer outcry denouncing alleged corruption and the government's handl...
Aug 22, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths approach 800,000
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The global death toll from the coronavirus approached 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatal...
Aug 22, 2020
