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NOAA’s revised hurricane outlook sees more storms in 2021 Atlantic season
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday revised upward its outlook for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, estimating there was a 65% ...
Aug 04, 2021
Tech gains, strong earnings power European stocks to new highs
By Sruthi Shankar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - European shares ended at fresh highs on Wednesday with technology stocks hitting a 20-year peak, while optimism over the second-quarter earnings season ...
Aug 04, 2021
Lawyers sanctioned over ‘fantastical’ suit alleging 2020 U.S. election was stolen
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned two lawyers who brought a lawsuit alleging the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump and his supporters, calling their c...
Aug 04, 2021
China’s Sinovac to invest $60 million in vaccine facility in Chile
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotech Ltd on Wednesday said it will build a fill-and-finish vaccine plant in Chile with an investment of $60 million, consolidat...
Aug 04, 2021
Group backed by Uber, Lyft pushes Massachusetts gig worker ballot measure
By Nate Raymond and Tina Bellon BOSTON (Reuters) - A coalition of app-based companies, including Uber Technologies Inc, Lyft Inc and DoorDash Inc, on Wednesday took the first step to put a measure bef...
Aug 04, 2021
Nigeria seizes record $54 million in pangolin parts, elephant tusks
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Officials in Nigeria - a hub for illegal wildlife trafficking - have seized a record amount of pangolin scales and claws and elephant tusks as the government attempts...
Aug 04, 2021
China’s minors able to buy e-cigarettes despite ban – state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media on Wednesday reported that many minors are able to purchase e-cigarettes in the country despite a ban on sales to under-18s and cited a child-protection expert...
Aug 04, 2021
Apprehension grows in Tunisia as political impasse drags on
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - President Kais Saied's delay in announcing a way forward 10 days after he seized executive power is jangling nerves among Tunisians, with friend and...
Aug 04, 2021
LinkedIn must face narrowed U.S. lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed much but not all of a lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn of inflating the number of people who watch video ads on the networking platform...
Aug 04, 2021
Michigan man pleads guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge, sentenced
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan man who urged his social media followers to "take back our country" before the assault on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to time served...
Aug 04, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
