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IMF, World Bank urge G7 to release surplus vaccines, increase transparency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Thursday urged the Group of Seven advanced economies to release any excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countri...
Jun 03, 2021
Jamming with the cicadas in New Jersey: a once in 17 years event
By Vanessa Johnston and Kevin Fogarty PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) - For some in the U.S., the emergence of billions of red-eyed cicadas this spring after a 17-year slumber has been met with annoya...
Jun 03, 2021
Short sellers mostly held their ground as AMC shares soared
(Reuters) - Bearish investors betting that AMC Entertainment Holdings would decline held on to their bets for the most part on Wednesday even as the stock rose as much as 127% to $72.62 during the tra...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. officials to list Nevada flower as endangered, dealing blow to ioneer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Thursday it will propose listing the Tiehm's Buckwheat flower as an endangered species, dealing a blow to ioneer Ltd's proposed Rhyolite Ridge li...
Jun 03, 2021
An hour from Shanghai, villagers only slightly more open to three-child policy
By Josh Horwitz FENGXIAN, China (Reuters) - Many city-dwellers across China reacted with scorn when the government announced plans this week to allow couples to have three children instead of two, in ...
Jun 03, 2021
Fed’s policies to support ‘robust’ economic recovery: Clarida
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's response to the COVID crisis, which included tried and true tools as well as novel ones, helped offset the unprecedented blow to the U.S. economy last year and will c...
Jun 03, 2021
Bolivia’s Aymara women train to fight back against domestic violence
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Lucrecia Huayhua has survived domestic violence for most of her life. Now, with other indigenous Aymara women in Bolivia's highlands, she is taking things into her own hands with ta...
Jun 03, 2021
China’s WeChat bans nose-picking, spanking in bid to clean up livestreams
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese social media platform WeChat on Thursday published a list of activities and "violations" it is banning in a bid to clean up its livestreaming service, including "indecent" ...
Jun 03, 2021
France’s pension reform cannot go ahead as planned – Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's planned reform of the pension system cannot go ahead as planned in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, he said on Thursday, retreating on one of the s...
Jun 03, 2021
Rohingya Muslim refugees ‘injured in protests’ on isolated island during UNHCR visit
By Zeba Siddiqui and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, angry at living conditions on a remote Bangladeshi island, suffered baton injuries as they protested against...
Jun 03, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
65 °F Light Rain With Thunderstorm
