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UPDATE: Fire near downtown Peoria investigated as ‘suspected arson’
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called around 9:45 p.m. Monday to a fire near the corner of NE Monroe and Morgan Streets. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming fro...
Mar 07, 2023
Biden to tax high-earners to save Medicare
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will propose raising the Medicare tax on high earners to help keep the federal insurance program solvent as part of his budget to be released on...
Mar 07, 2023
Futures edge higher ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s testimony
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday, ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony before Congress that could shed more light on the central bank's plans for raisin...
Mar 07, 2023
Young Afghan women train as midwives for out-of-reach villages
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield FOLADI VALLEY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In a small village circled by velvety white snow-topped mountains in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, Aziza Rahim...
Mar 07, 2023
Kremlin says it does not recognise Western price cap on its oil
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it did not recognise the price cap introduced by Western countries on its oil exports, after the United States said that the cap was "working well". Washin...
Mar 07, 2023
Thailand offers tax breaks for companies issuing investment tokens
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to waive corporate income tax and value-added tax for companies that issue digital tokens for investment, a government spokeswoman said. Compan...
Mar 07, 2023
Belarus detains ‘terrorist’ behind attempted sabotage at air field base – Belta
(Reuters) - Belarus detained on Tuesday what it said was a "terrorist" working with Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence services over attempted sabotage at a Belarusian air field, the Belta news agency re...
Mar 07, 2023
Russia’s Shoigu: Capture of Bakhmut will allow further offensives in Ukraine
(Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the seizure of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine would allow Moscow's forces to mount further offensive operations. Russian forces have...
Mar 07, 2023
BoE’s Mann says sees pound sensitive to views on Fed, ECB outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England rate-setter Catherine Mann said on Tuesday that the pound could face downward pressure if investors have not yet fully priced in hawkish messages from the U.S. Feder...
Mar 07, 2023
Responding to Chinese ‘joke’, Kremlin says United States is ‘invisible hand’ in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the United States was driving the Ukraine conflict, saying China's foreign minister was joking when he said an "invisible hand" was to blame. "Here ...
Mar 07, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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