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Blinken to raise human rights with counterparts in India -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise human rights issues with officials in India when he visits the country next week, a senior State Department official said on Fr...
Jul 23, 2021
EV startup Rivian announces $2.5 billion funding round led by Amazon, Ford
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -Electric car startup Rivian said on Friday it has closed a $2.5 billion fundraising round led by investors Amazon.com Inc , Ford Motor Co and T. Rowe Price. The annou...
Jul 23, 2021
China’s Sinovac evaluates vaccine plant in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities said on Friday that China's Sinovac had begun evaluating potential sites for the construction of a vaccine plant in Chile that could begin producing doses of t...
Jul 23, 2021
Mexico City’s third wave of pandemic drives up hospital occupancy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Mexico City and its suburbs, home to some 21 million people, increased by a third in the last week, authorities said on Friday, amid a third wave o...
Jul 23, 2021
J&J shot recipients may need a booster; new advice on infected kids
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Johnson & Johnson shot...
Jul 23, 2021
Exclusive-Democrats may scrap matching funds from infrastructure bill over wage issue
By Jarrett Renshaw and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats are threatening to scrap plans to create an infrastructure bank in the $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending bill after Republicans op...
Jul 23, 2021
Florida asks Supreme Court to lift CDC coronavirus cruise ship order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Florida on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a lower-court decision to take effect that said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co...
Jul 23, 2021
Colombia boosts budding cannabis industry by removing ban on dry flower exports
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Friday gave the green light for exports of dried cannabis for medical and other industries, as the Andean country took another step to develop its ma...
Jul 23, 2021
Pentagon says report that U.S. approved Chinese drone for purchase ‘inaccurate’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon said on Friday that drones produced by Chinese manufacturer Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) pose a potential threat to national security and that a media report that they...
Jul 23, 2021
IDPH: Nearly 8,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 7,983 new cases of COVID-19, including 47 additional deaths since last Friday. According to IDPH, more than 73...
Jul 23, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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