Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, say sources
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, si...
Aug 13, 2020
EU eyes sanctions over disputed Belarus election ‘as soon as end-August’
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will likely impose new sanctions on Belarus as soon as later this month, diplomats and officials said, after President Alexander Lukashenk...
Aug 13, 2020
Belgian students to self-collect saliva in large COVID-19 testing experiment
By Francesco Guarascio and Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of students at a Belgian university will collect weekly from September a sample of their saliva for a rapid COVID-19 test replacin...
Aug 13, 2020
How a Texas shale supplier’s founders made fortunes as the firm failed
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - On July 7, the board of directors at Texas fracking sand supplier Hi-Crush granted nearly $3 million in bonuses to four top executives, including $1.35 million for CEO and f...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump administration to roll back curbs on methane from oil, gas operations
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday will roll back regulations aimed at reducing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations...
Aug 13, 2020
Flu season prep, complicated by COVID-19, starts early this year
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Healthcare providers, including CVS Health Corp, are kicking off flu vaccinations early, ordering extra shots and aiming to add tests that check for both the annual flu a...
Aug 13, 2020
Thai PM hints at more legal action against protest leaders
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday leaders of anti-government student protests could face more legal action, adding that authorities also should investiga...
Aug 13, 2020
Georgia Republican primary win sets ‘QAnon’ conspiracy buff on path to U.S. Congress
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia businesswoman's win in a U.S. House of Representatives primary this week set a path for supporters of the online conspiracy theory known as "QAnon" t...
Aug 13, 2020
Special report: A collapsing economy and a family feud pile pressure on Syria’s Assad
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Maha El Dahan, Tom Perry and Michael Georgy BEIRUT/AMMAN/DUBAI (Reuters) - In May, Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, a cousin and long-time ally of President Bashar al-Assad, took a...
Aug 13, 2020
Explainer: What we know about possible COVID-19 transmission from freight and packages
WELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that ...
Aug 13, 2020
