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Local COVID roundup 6/11: Just 4 new tri-county cases
PEORIA, Ill. — On the same day Illinois moved into Phase 5 of Restore Illinois, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported just four new COVID-19 cases across the tri-county area. Woodfor...
Dalton Kemper Jun 11, 2021
German Greens heed leadership warning against steeper CO2 price hikes
By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany's Greens on Friday put down a push by party members for a steeper increase to the CO2 levy after warning that an aggressive approach to reduc...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
Canada city cancels national day celebration after mass grave discovery
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The provincial capital of Canada's British Columbia has decided to cancel a virtual celebration of the national Canada Day holiday on July 1 after discovery of...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
G7 leaders agreed to keep the money taps open -source
By Guy Faulconbridge CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) -Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations were in broad agreement about the need to continue supporting their economies with fiscal stimulus after ...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
Starbucks Stadium? Coffee chain applies for naming rights
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp has applied with the U.S. trademark office for the right to use its name on a sports stadium or training facility. In a June 2 application, the coffee cha...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
Exclusive-UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray
By Katharine Houreld and Giulia Paravicini ADIGRAT/ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The northern highlands of Ethiopia became a global byword for famine in the mid-1980s, when drought and conflict co...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
U.S. says it is ‘gravely concerned’ about Ethiopia elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "gravely concerned" about the environment in which the June 21 elections in Ethiopia will be held and urged politicians and other community leaders there to...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021

Tremont Turkey Festival returns this weekend after year away due to COVID
TREMONT, Ill. — After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 Tremont Turkey Festival, the event is back this weekend as Illinois fully reopens. Crowds of people have already started floodi...
Dalton Kemper Jun 11, 2021
U.S. House lawmakers introduce bipartisan bills to target Big Tech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced four bills on Friday aimed at reining in the power of the tech giants in what one congressional aide described as a revo...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
Tennis-Dejected Zverev sees no positives in French Open semi-final loss
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Alexander Zverev drew no positives from his semi-final defeat by Stefanos Tsitsipas at the French Open on Friday after the Greek ended the German's perfect record in...
Syndicated Content Jun 11, 2021
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