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UK’s Johnson plans virtual G7 leaders meeting on Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the coming days, he told French President Emmanuel Ma...
Aug 16, 2021
Oil industry groups sue Biden administration over leasing pause
(Reuters) - A group of oil industry trade groups on Monday sued the Biden administration for halting drilling auctions on federal lands and waters this year. The American Petroleum Institute and 11 ot...
Aug 16, 2021
Russia’s Lavrov discusses Afghanistan crisis with USA, China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan by phone and agreed to continue consultations with China, P...
Aug 16, 2021
France’s COVID-19 hospitalisations above 10,000 for first time since end June
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities said on Monday the total number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 stood at 10,151, going over 10,000 for the first time since June 22. There were also mor...
Aug 16, 2021
French shopping malls to require COVID-19 health pass
PARIS (Reuters) - Shopping malls in Paris and large parts of France had to ask customers to show a health pass on Monday, as the government increased pressure on people to get vaccinated against COVID...
Aug 16, 2021
U.S. Treasury to oppose development bank financing for most fossil fuel projects
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department issued new energy financing guidance to multilateral development banks on Monday, saying the United States would oppose their involve...
Aug 16, 2021
Ivory Coast to begin Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast said it would begin vaccinating health workers and others in the commercial capital Abidjan against Ebola on Monday after a case of the deadly virus was confirmed over ...
Aug 16, 2021
Kinder Morgan says Arizona natural gas pipeline fire extinguished, 2 dead
(Reuters) - Kinder Morgan on Monday said a fire on its El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline (EPNG) near Coolidge, Arizona that killed two people and injured another had been extinguished and the pipeline segm...
Aug 16, 2021
Rep. LaHood speaks on events in Afghanistan
PEORIA, Ill. – A local Congressman says the fall of Afghanistan and the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul are both the fault of President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies....
Aug 16, 2021
Paralympics-Dream over for Afghan athletes trapped in Kabul
By Iain Axon LONDON (Reuters) - Zakia Khudadadi would have been the first woman to represent Afghanistan at a Paralympic Games when they start in Tokyo this month, but her dream has been shattered ami...
Aug 16, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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