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Biden nominates Cindy McCain to U.N. post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Cindy McCain, widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, to be U.S. representative to the United Nations agencies for food and ...
Jun 23, 2021
Brazil sets new single-day record with over 115,000 coronavirus cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered a single-day record of 115,228 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, along with 2,392 deaths from CO...
Jun 23, 2021
Jul. ceremony set to complete Peoria war memorial
PEORIA, Ill. — A third statue to commemorate Peoria-area veterans is scheduled to be erected. Peoria County Veteran's Memorial Committee has invited the public Jul. 3 to the county courthouse fo...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. administers 319.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 319,872,053 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures ar...
Jun 23, 2021
Exxon must face Massachusetts lawsuit alleging climate change deceit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A Massachusetts state judge has rejected Exxon Mobil Corp's bid to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Maura Healey accusing the oil company of misleading consu...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada lawmakers pass budget bill with pandemic supports ahead of summer recess
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian lawmakers on Wednesday passed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's budget bill, approving billions in funding to extend COVID-19 supports on the last day of voti...
Jun 23, 2021
Too Broke To Go Anywhere . . . "Stay-cation"?
Whether you stay at home and just napped on the couch, or get out and about in your local area, "Stay-cation" may be in the works if your low on funds. They say 21% of us think Staycation is when you ...
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Yellen says inflation should be lower than current levels by year end
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that inflation should retreat by year end from its current elevated level as supply bottlenecks get worked out, adding she sees littl...
Jun 23, 2021
U.N. chief warns no Syria cross-border aid would be ‘devastating’
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Security Council on Wednesday to renew a cross-border aid operation into war-torn Syria for anoth...
Jun 23, 2021
Reuters Events: Allstate seeks more agents, but not as ‘human modems’
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allstate Corp wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Exe...
Jun 23, 2021
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