Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden and Putin head into Ukraine talks with scant room for compromise
By Tom Balmforth and Trevor Hunnicutt MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a chasm of mutual distrust to bridge when they hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday in the...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. blacklists individual allegedly providing support to Israeli investor Gertler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on a Democratic Republic of Congo national it accused of providing support to Israeli investor Dan Gertler in action aimed at target...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. slams conviction of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, calls for release – Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday criticized Myanmar's conviction of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi as an affront to democracy and justice, and demanded her immediate release. "The B...
Dec 06, 2021
Trump-linked stocks get a boost after social media venture raises $1 billion
(Reuters) - Shares of a clutch of companies linked to former U.S President Donald Trump rose in premarket trading on Monday, after his new social media venture said it had raised nearly $1 billion fro...
Dec 06, 2021
New York Mayor to issue private sector employer COVID-19 vaccination mandate – MSNBC interview
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday he plans to issue a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector employers that will go into effect on Dec. 27, calling it a "pre-emptive s...
Dec 06, 2021
Factbox: Ten points of tension between Putin and Biden
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak by video link on Tuesday. Since their Geneva summit in June, the list of contentious issues between their two count...
Dec 06, 2021
Biden targets cash for homes deals in anti-corruption drive
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration wants to shed new light on transactions where people pay cash for houses as part of a broad anti-corruption drive being promoted at ...
Dec 06, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial enters second week after accuser’s testimony
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sex abuse trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell enters its second week on Monday after jurors last week heard the testimony of a woman who says Maxwell set...
Dec 06, 2021
Kremlin calls U.S.-Russia ties ‘lamentable’ on eve of Putin-Biden call
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.-Russia relations as "lamentable" on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden whe...
Dec 06, 2021
Police to question artist linked to studio where parents of Michigan school shooting suspect found
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Detectives plan to interview an artist connected to the Detroit studio where the parents of a 15-year-old accused Michigan school shooter were found following a manhunt, a ...
Dec 05, 2021
