Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. postmaster general to face tough questioning in Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will aggressively question U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in his first appearance before Congress on Friday about recent cost-cutting measures that Democrats...
Aug 21, 2020
Fearing shipping crunch, retailers set earliest-ever holiday sale plans
By Melissa Fares and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is upending the way U.S. consumers shop and the holidays will be no exception as major retailers and shipp...
Aug 21, 2020
Hong Kong court blocks release of first person charged under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a landmark decision, a Hong Kong court denied on Friday a bid for the release of the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism under a new national security ...
Aug 21, 2020
Firestorms kindled by lightning displace tens of thousands in California
By Stephen Lam BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic on Friday as lightning-spar...
Aug 21, 2020
In convention speech, Biden emerges from shadow and into ‘the light’
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden finally got his moment. After a 2020 presidential campaign dominated by President Donald Trump's words and actions, Biden on Thursday rose to the lev...
Aug 21, 2020
Judge exempts journalists, legal observers from Portland protest dispersal orders
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday against federal officers, exempting journalists and legal observers from orders to disperse after the officers d...
Aug 21, 2020
British public debt tops 2 trillion pounds for first time
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public debt went above 2 trillion pounds for the first time in July as the government ramped up public spending to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed...
Aug 21, 2020
UK retail sales rise above pre-pandemic levels
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales rose above their pre-coronavirus level in July, the first full month that shops selling non-essential goods were open since the country went into lockdown in Ma...
Aug 21, 2020
Russian hospital refuses to move Kremlin critic Navalny after suspected poisoning: spokeswoman
OMSK, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian hospital treating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is refusing to allow him to be moved to another better-equipped facility where he can get better care after a suspec...
Aug 21, 2020
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
By Ruma Paul and Krishna N. Das DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim mi...
Aug 21, 2020
