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Tazewell County to celebrate “Juneteenth” in S. Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. — On Friday, Tazewell County will celebrate “Juneteenth”, June 19, the day in 1865 when the final group of black slaves in Texas was told they were freed. The event, host...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021
With few tangibles, world powers promise help to Lebanese army
PARIS (Reuters) - World powers agreed to provide support for the Lebanese army at a meeting on Thursday, aiming to prevent the military from collapsing, but stopped short of announcing tangible aid as...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Lisbon residents confined to region at weekends as COVID spikes
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Residents of the Lisbon region will not be allowed to leave the area at weekends as authorities scramble to control a spike in COVID-19 infec...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Soccer-Ukraine affected by nerves in win over North Macedonia – Shevchenko
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Ukraine struggled to conquer their nerves against North Macedonia at the European Championship, coach Andriy Shevchenko said after his team's nail-biting 2-1 victory at the Natio...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
U.S. pledges $407 million in humanitarian aid for Venezuela crisis
(Reuters) -The United States pledged $407 million in humanitarian aid to Venezuelans who have fled the country, countries hosting them and Venezuelans still at home, the U.S. Mission to the United Nat...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Low probability China tries to seize Taiwan militarily in near term: top U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general said on Thursday there was a low probability that China would try to militarily take over Taiwan in the near-term and had some way to go to develop the capa...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
HSBC to announce sale of French retail banking operations on Friday – sources
By Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - HSBC is set to announce the sale of its retail banking operations in France to private equity group Cerberus on Friday, three sources familiar with the matter said,...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
White House to finish allocating 80 million U.S.-made COVID-19 shots for shipment abroad
By Carl O'Donnell and Michael Erman (Reuters) - The White House will finish allocating 80 million U.S.-made COVID-19 shots that it has pledged to ship abroad in the coming days, with shipments going o...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Soccer-Denmark and Belgium pause Euro clash to honour Eriksen
By Philip O'Connor COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark and Belgium stopped their Euro 2020 Group B clash on Thursday for a minute's applause as a tribute to Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen, who suffere...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Soccer-French fantasy attack seeks lift off against Hungary
(Reuters) - There was huge excitement when France coach Didier Deschamps unleashed his fantasy football attack against Germany on Monday but following a 1-0 win in their Euro 2020 opener it was the mi...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
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