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Yellen pushes back forecast of potential US default date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday extended the deadline for raising the federal debt limit, saying the government would default on its obligations if Congress does ...
May 26, 2023
Two teenagers arrested after trying to break into vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. – Two juveniles were taken into custody early Friday morning after reports they, and a third juvenile, were reportedly trying to break into a vehicle in the West Bluff. Peoria Polic...
May 26, 2023
US Labor Department providing $653 million to help states upgrade UI systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor said on Friday it was providing up to $653 million in grants to state governments to help safeguard against fraud by updating their unemployment ins...
May 26, 2023
US court questions another Equitrans Mountain Valley natgas pipe permit
(Reuters) - U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream Corp's long-delayed $6.6 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia received another negative court ruling on Frida...
May 26, 2023
Brazil still has tools to meet sustainability plan, says minister, amid legal changes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Friday the government still has the instruments to maintain its sustainability agenda, even as Congress moves t...
May 26, 2023
Report of Argentina fraud probe sinks shares in dLocal
(Reuters) - Uruguayan fintech dLocal, the South American country's first unicorn, saw its shares plummet on Friday, after Argentine news outlet Infobae published an article saying the government was i...
May 26, 2023
Ken Loach at Cannes: ‘don’t know’ if ‘The Old Oak’ will be last film
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - Ken Loach said on Friday he does not know if "The Old Oak," the 86-year-old British director's attempt to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for a third time,...
May 26, 2023
Championship women’s college basketball player faints, wheeled out at White House event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical personnel were rushed into the East Room of the White House on Friday when a member of collegiate championship-winning Louisiana State University women's basketball team...
May 26, 2023
‘How to Have Sex’ wins Cannes’ ‘Certain Regard’ competition
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - The provocatively titled film "How to Have Sex," about three British teen girls who go on holiday with the aim of drinking, clubbing and hooking up, won the top pri...
May 26, 2023
Debt ceiling deal may shift investor focus to further Fed action
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - A last-minute deal to raise the U.S. $31.4 trillion debt ceiling will likely shift Wall Street's attention to other emerging risks, including further Federal Rese...
May 26, 2023
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