Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
California’s notorious ‘Golden State Killer’ faces sentencing
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A former California police officer dubbed the "Golden State Killer" who confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes during the 1970s and '80s faces a life prison term when he is...
Aug 20, 2020
Alaska’s salmon are shrinking, and climate change may be to blame
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's highly prized salmon - a favorite of seafood lovers the world over - are getting smaller, and climate change is a suspected culprit, a new study ...
Aug 20, 2020
China vows all necessary measures to protect its firms following U.S. curbs on Huawei
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take "all necessary measures" to protect its firms' legitimate interests, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, in response to the U.S. move this week to further tight...
Aug 20, 2020
Go back to work, Malians told, as colonel Goita declares himself junta head
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Army colonel Assimi Goita presented himself as head of the junta that ousted Mali's president, as its spokesman sought to reassure citizens that daily life could resume as normal fr...
Aug 20, 2020
In U.S.-China tech war, investors bet on China’s localisation push
By Samuel Shen and Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As the U.S.-China "tech war" widens, investors are betting on China's efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run netw...
Aug 20, 2020
China, U.S. to hold trade talks in coming days: China commerce ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States have agreed to hold trade talks "in the coming days" to evaluate the progress made on their Phase 1 trade deal at the six-month mark after it was reache...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran unveils locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid U.S. tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 1,400 km and a new cruise missile, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday...
Aug 20, 2020
UK government faces more criticism after latest school exam problem
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was facing fresh criticism on Thursday over its handling of grading for school exams after results for hundreds of thousands of stu...
Aug 20, 2020
Police declare gathering near ICE building in Portland ‘unlawful’
(Reuters) - Police declared a gathering near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in the southern part of the U.S. city of Portland as an "unlawful assembly", as demonstrators marched...
Aug 20, 2020
Russian opposition leader Navalny in hospital with suspected poisoning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was admitted to hospital in Siberia on Thursday suffering symptoms of what his spokeswoman called poisoning, after his aircraft made an emer...
Aug 20, 2020
