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U.S. senators press TikTok on whether it allows Russian ‘pro-war propaganda’
By David Shepardson and Echo Wang WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican senators on Friday asked TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew about reports the social media site had allowed Russian state-...
Jun 17, 2022
Factbox-Global baby formula makers send products to restock U.S. shelves
(Reuters) - Global companies that make baby formula are bringing products into the United States after the country's health regulator relaxed its import policy to address a nationwide shortage partly ...
Jun 17, 2022
Colombia’s government, Ecopetrol will shore up fuel price fund
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Shareholders of Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol on Friday approved a plan to shore up the country's fuel-price stabilization fund (FEPC), as well as an extraor...
Jun 17, 2022
Fed policy needs to be more ‘muscular’ to battle high inflation -Bostic
(Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic on Friday said he supported the U.S. central bank's 0.75 percentage point interest-rate hike this week, adding that supply chain fixes...
Jun 17, 2022
Treasury’s Adeyemo sees elevated cyber threats in wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo warned bankers about elevated cyber threats in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and underscored the department's commitment...
Jun 17, 2022
Tazewell County to hold special Juneteenth ceremony Saturday
PEKIN, Ill. – Among the local events celebrating Juneteenth this weekend: one in Tazewell County that will honor the first former slave to own land in the county. Tazewell County Clerk John Acke...
Jun 17, 2022
Cloudy valuations give investors pause in buying beaten-up U.S. stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whipsawing bond yields, surging oil prices and a Federal Reserve bent on squashing the worst inflation in four decades are hampering investors' ability to asses...
Jun 17, 2022
U.S. drone sale to Ukraine hits snag – sources
By Mike Stone ST LOUIS, Missouri (Reuters) - The Biden administration's plan to sell four large, armable drones to Ukraine has been paused on the fear its sophisticated surveillance equipment might fa...
Jun 17, 2022
More Illinois counties, now including Woodford, at “high” COVID-19 spread levels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Not necessarily the news you want to hear going into Fathers Day and Juneteenth this weekend, but not as bad as it could be. The Illinois Department of Public Health says Woo...
Jun 17, 2022
New York’s historic Stonewall Monument holds U.S. naturalization ceremony
(Reuters) - A naturalization ceremony was held for 12 new citizens at the historic Stonewall Monument in New York on Friday, as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) commemorated Pride...
Jun 17, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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