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Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine truckers strike ended on Thursday, after some unions upset with diesel shortages reached a deal to lift the one-week protest around the major ...
Jun 30, 2022
UK government proposes VAT cut to ease pain of rising prices-The Times
(Reuters) -Britain has proposed a cut in value-added tax, or VAT, to help households with the cost of living, The Times reported on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's chief of staff Steve Barcla...
Jun 30, 2022
Tokyo June core consumer prices rise at fastest pace in 7 years
TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital Tokyo rose 2.1% in June from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, marking the fastest pace of increase in seven years in a sign of broadening...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. CFTC charges South African company with record $1.7 billion bitcoin fraud
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commodities regulator announced on Thursday it had filed civil charges against a South African man and his company for operating a fradulent commodity...
Jun 30, 2022
BNPL firm Openpay pauses U.S. operations, to focus on Australia
(Reuters) - Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Openpay Group Ltd said on Friday it will "indefinitely" pause its United States operations and "materially" reduce its workforce, citing adverse macroecon...
Jun 30, 2022
Police arrest man for mid-June armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police say they’ve caught the man they believe is responsible for an armed robbery more than two weeks ago. Police say Valen Williams, 45, was arrested Thursday after...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. approves SpaceX’s Starlink internet for use with ships, boats, planes
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday authorized Elon Musk's SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet network with moving vehicles, green-...
Jun 30, 2022
Exclusive-Meta CEO Zuckerberg: engineering hiring target for 2022 reduced to around 6,000-7,000 -employee Q&A
By Katie Paul (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has reduced its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire about 10,000 new engineers, Chief Executive Mark Z...
Jun 30, 2022
Explainer-Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA ruling rein in federal regulators?
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a 6-3 ruling that some lega...
Jun 30, 2022
Teen gets 50 years for 2020 murder
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria teenager could spend as much as 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a charge of murder. Peoria County Court records indicate Tashon Stewart, 18, was hand...
Jun 30, 2022
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