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Poland to up monthly child benefit to 800 zlotys -ruling party leader
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government will increase monthly child benefit payments to 800 zlotys ($193.13) per child from 500 zlotys, taking effect from the start of 2024, the leader of the ruling ...
May 14, 2023
Kurdish PUK party returns to cabinet meetings after boycott
By Amina Ismail ERBIL (Reuters) -One of the dominant Kurdish parties in northern Iraq on Sunday ended a more than half-year boycott of regional government cabinet meetings with its main coalition part...
May 14, 2023
There may be more ‘Chinese police stations” in Canada, minister says
TORONTO (Reuters) - There may be more "Chinese police stations" operating in Canada, the Public Safety Minister told a Canadian TV station on Sunday, months after police said they were investigating w...
May 14, 2023
Princeville pool closed for this year but could come back with a park district
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. – The village of Princeville is without a public-run pool this summer, but the potential of a new government body could help bring it back. 25 News reports the village board vo...
May 14, 2023
US homeland security chief says border crossings are down 50% since Title 42 expiration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border patrol agents have seen a 50% drop in the number of migrants crossing the border since the pandemic-era immigration policy known as Title 42 expired at midnight on T...
May 14, 2023
Canada housing market upturn could delay shift to BoC rate cuts
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Signs of recovery in Canada's housing market after a year-long slump, just as higher borrowing costs are expected to slow much of the rest of the economy, could rai...
May 14, 2023
Chile’s firefighting goats protect a native forest from deadly blazes
By Juan Gonzalez SANTA JUANA, Chile (Reuters) - In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of go...
May 14, 2023
Bradley University graduates Class of 2023
PEORIA, Ill. – There’s a new class of graduates from Bradley University. Bradley held commencement ceremonies for both its undergraduate and graduate students Saturday, before many of them...
May 14, 2023
In Turkish election, some voters return to quake zone to cast ballots
By Ezgi Erkoyun and Oriana Boselli ISTANBUL/HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) - Mehmet Ali Fakioglu was made homeless by an earthquake that hit Turkey in February, but made a 15-hour journey back to the disaste...
May 14, 2023
Mali rejects UN report on alleged execution of 500 villagers by troops
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim military government has rejected a United Nations human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified forei...
May 14, 2023
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