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Update: Man shot near Taft Homes dies
UPDATED 3:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – A former Peoria man is the victim of the city’s 18th homicide of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Christop...
Sep 21, 2022
France’s Macron says Putin’s partial mobilisation is a “mistake” and will further isolate Russia
NEW YORK (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that plans announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to declare a partial military mobilisation linked to the war in Ukraine ...
Sep 21, 2022
Cycling-Van Vleuten a doubt for world championships road race after relay crash
(Reuters) - Annemiek van Vleuten is a doubt for Saturday's world championships road race after the Dutch rider sustained an elbow fracture in a crash in the team time trial mixed relay event in Wollon...
Sep 21, 2022
Putin says Russia will not give in to ‘blackmail and intimidation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at an event to mark the 1,160-year of Russia's statehood, said on Wednesday that the country will not lose its sovereignty and won't give ...
Sep 21, 2022
Iran restricts access to Instagram as protests intensify – NetBlocks
(Reuters) -Iran has restricted access to Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram amid protests in the country over the death of a woman in police custody, internet shutdown observatory NetBlocks said on Wednes...
Sep 21, 2022
Barbados issues world’s first pandemic-protected bond
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Barbados has issued the world's first government bond with a clause allowing payments to be suspended in the event of another global pandemic, a move expected to attra...
Sep 21, 2022
U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in Somalia air strike
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied for...
Sep 21, 2022
African banks face ‘very difficult’ 12-18 months, Fitch official says
ACCRA (Reuters) - The next 12 to 18 months will be "very difficult" for African banks as widespread inflation, currency devaluations and interest rate hikes sweep the region, a senior director of cred...
Sep 21, 2022
Top U.S. Senate Democrat Schumer sets vote for Wednesday on Kigali climate deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on approving the Kigali amendment to a major global climate treaty, top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. "Today the Senate...
Sep 21, 2022
Nigeria’s Buhari, in last UN speech, raps leaders who extend term limits
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday criticised fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a "corrosive" effect, and promised free a...
Sep 21, 2022
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