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Peoria man sentenced to federal prison for gun theft
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria man has been sentenced to 5 1/2-years in federal prison for stealing nearly 100 guns, including one that that was used in a mass shooting last summer. The guns were stole...
Jul 27, 2021
Food, water running out in Tigray refugee camps – UN
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 24,000 Eritrean refugee are trapped in two camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region, cut off from humanitarian aid and where food rations may have run out, the Un...
Jul 27, 2021
India expects about 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in August
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government expects to have around 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in August, Vinod Kumar Paul, who heads a federal government panel on vaccines, told a news confere...
Jul 27, 2021
Kazakhstan blocks LinkedIn over alleged fake accounts, gambling ads
(Removes hold from headline) NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan has blocked access to Microsoft subsidiary LinkedIn, over what the Central Asian country's government said were online casino advertiseme...
Jul 27, 2021
UK PM Johnson says: Don’t get carried away about better COVID data
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that it was important that people did not draw premature conclusions about several days of better COVID case data and urged the public to r...
Jul 27, 2021
Canadian startup 1Password raises $100 million, valued at $2 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - 1Password, a Canadian security and privacy tech startup, said on Tuesday it raised $100 million in a round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel, valuing the ...
Jul 27, 2021
‘No-code’ startup Bubble raises $100 million in round led by Insight Partners
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Bubble, a New York based startup that allows non-coders to design and create web applications, said on Tuesday it raised $100 million in a funding round led by private e...
Jul 27, 2021
Apple’s iPhone expected to drive sales, but App Store faces regulatory risk
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Strong sales of 5G iPhones and services such as the App Store and Apple Music are expected to drive growth at Apple Inc, which reports results on Tuesday, but some invest...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Soccer-Misfiring U.S. held by Australia but reach knockouts
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States women's soccer team were less than convincing in their goalless draw with Australia on Tuesday but did enough to reach the Olympic tournament knockout stage behind ...
Jul 27, 2021
Raytheon raises full-year adjusted profit forecast as air travel recovers
(Reuters) - U.S. aerospace manufacturer Raytheon Technologies Corp raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit on Tuesday on the back of an increased demand for its products and services as comm...
Jul 27, 2021
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