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Mayor Rita Ali speaks on vision of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Newly-elected Mayor Rita Ali spoke Wednesday evening at Dozer Park on her vision for the future of Peoria. The event was organized by the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC), w...
Jun 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury says G7 expected to endorse U.S. global minimum tax proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G7 finance ministers are expected to endorse a U.S. proposal for an ambitious global corporate minimum tax when they meet on Friday and Saturday in London, a U.S. Treasury offic...
Jun 02, 2021
Analysis: China seeks to milk the milk market but doesn’t have enough cows
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has come to crave milk. Demand that had been steadily growing has spiked further after doctors touted its health benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic an...
Jun 02, 2021
Britain hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden COVID vaccine access
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will host health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries in Oxford on Thursday for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to CO...
Jun 02, 2021
China farmers push back the desert – one tree at a time
By David Stanway WUWEI, China (Reuters) - After a hard morning planting fresh shoots in the dunes on the edge of the Gobi Desert, 78-year-old farmer Wang Tianchang retrieves a three-stringed lute from...
Jun 02, 2021
Australia’s Victoria posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its lowest rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than a week on Thursday, a day after authorities extended a snap lockdown in...
Jun 02, 2021
Exxon director calls activist campaign, ESG pressures a ‘tidal wave’ – speech
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp Director Ursula Burns called environmental pressures and the successful activist campaign to gain board seats at the biggest U.S. oil producer a "tidal wave" in a speech o...
Jun 02, 2021
Golf-USGA launches program to boost media coverage of women’s golf
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The United States Golf Association (USGA) on Wednesday launched a program aimed at increasing media coverage of the women's game by offering financial support...
Jun 02, 2021
Brazil’s Supreme Court authorizes criminal probe into environment minister
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has authorized a criminal investigation into allegations that Environment Minister Ricardo Salles obstructed a police probe into il...
Jun 02, 2021
U.S. global vaccine distribution plan could be announced Thursday – Blinken
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden could announce this week Washington's plan for distributing 80 million coronavirus va...
Jun 02, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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