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Frontline advocates view $26 billion opioid deal with frustration, worry
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - Four major U.S. drug companies agreed to a $26 billion settlement last week to end lawsuits over the opioid crisis, but treatment advocates expressed frustratio...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2021
African nations criticise push to fast-track deep-sea mining talks
By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis (Reuters) -African countries, many of which are heavily reliant on mining, have criticised a move by the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru to fast-track international ne...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2021

Non-profit announces plans to renovate Peoria’s Madison Theater
PEORIA, Ill. — An effort to restore the historic Madison Theater in downtown Peoria is taking shape. Plans to reopen the theater, built in 1920, would be part of a larger project that would relo...
Julia Bradley Jul 27, 2021
More U.S. states, employers, schools likely to mandate vaccines, says expert
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - More U.S. states, schools and employers are likely to mandate vaccinations as COVID-19 cases climb but a federal mandate is politically unfeasible, an expert at the Infec...
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UK COVID-19 cases fall again, deaths hit highest level since March
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday recorded 23,511 COVID-19 cases, the seventh consecutive day with a lower total than the previous day, but 131 deaths were registered within 28 days of a positive ...
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U.S. to speed up asylum processing at border while fast-tracking deportations
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will speed up processing of asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border while also fast-tracking expulsions of some migrant families, accordin...
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Irish government makes wedding U-turn after bridal backlash
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Exasperated brides-to-be dressed all in white to protest outside Ireland's parliament on Tuesday while others inundated radio call-in shows to criticise COVID-19 r...
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Russia’s Wildberries says Ukraine sanctions will hurt entrepreneurs, not company
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian online retailer Wildberries said on Tuesday it expected no negative impact from sanctions Ukraine had imposed on the company last week but said the move would harm Ukrainian...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2021
NBC News adds 200 jobs in streaming, digital push
(Reuters) - NBCU News Group, part of NBCUniversal, is expanding its streaming and digital operations, adding 200 new jobs and several new hours of live, original programming to its NBC News Now stream...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2021
Binance founder willing to go, as pressure mounts
By Krisztian Sandor and John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said he was willing to step down whenever he finds a successor who can do a "better job", as one of the world...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2021
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