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Richard Irvin makes campaign stops in Central Illinois Friday
MORTON, Ill. — With just weeks to go until primary elections in Illinois, one Republican candidate for Governor spent a good portion of Friday in Central Illinois trying to make his case. Richar...
Jun 11, 2022
Thousands to rally against gun violence in Washington, across U.S.
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to rally in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at curbing gun...
Jun 11, 2022
Russia says it has shot down three Ukrainian war planes
(Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its air defence forces had shot down three Ukrainian war planes. The Russian military shot down two MIG-29 planes in the Mikolayiv region...
Jun 11, 2022
U.S. gasoline average price tops $5 per gallon in historic first
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -The national average price for U.S. gasoline rose above $5 a gallon for the first time on Saturday, according to data from the AAA, extending a surge in fuel costs that ar...
Jun 11, 2022
Taiwan threatens WTO action after China stops grouper fish imports
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government threatened to take Beijing to the World Trade Organization on Saturday after China suspended the import of grouper fish from the island saying it had detected ba...
Jun 11, 2022
Biden warns U.S. inflation could last ‘for a while’
By Trevor Hunnicutt BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden cautioned that U.S. inflation could last "for a while" after data on Friday showed that politically sensitive price pressures ...
Jun 11, 2022
Hyundai Motor plants in extra weekend run, S.Korea truckers’ strike continues
By Byungwook Kim and Heekyong Yang ULSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - A huge Hyundai Motor Co factory complex added weekend production on Saturday, despite a nationwide strike by truckers that has hit por...
Jun 10, 2022
No reserves in Germany’s federal budget, says finance minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal government has reached the limit of its fiscal capacity, its finance minister said, with extra financing to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, the impact of the w...
Jun 10, 2022
U.S. judge blocks Biden administration policy narrowing immigration enforcement
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday threw out a Biden administration directive narrowing who can be targeted by immigration agents for arrest and deportation, siding with officials in Texas and...
Jun 10, 2022
U.S. CDC rescinds COVID-19 international air testing rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday issued an order rescinding a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the United States by air test n...
Jun 10, 2022
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