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Florida sued for barring Chinese citizens from owning homes, land
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of Chinese citizens living in Florida sued the state on Monday to strike down a new law that would bar citizens of China and several other countries from owning ...
May 22, 2023
Quanta Computer to invest $1 billion in northern Mexico, says governor
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Quanta Computer will invest $1 billion and create 2,500 jobs in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Governor Samuel Garcia wrote in ...
May 22, 2023
South Korea consumer sentiment hits 1-year high, inflation expectations weaken
SEOUL (Reuters) - Consumer sentiment in South Korea improved in May to the highest level in a year, with their inflation expectations weakening, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday. The Consumer S...
May 22, 2023
U.S. fines LATAM Airlines $1 million over delayed ticket refunds
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Monday it had fined LATAM Airlines Group SA $1 million after the airline and several affiliates routinely failed to provide timely refund...
May 22, 2023
Local NAACP chapter supports Florida travel ban
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria NAACP chapter says it supports a message that the national organization put out over the weekend discouraging travel to Florida. The national organization issued a trav...
May 22, 2023
Brazil environment agency unlikely to change decision on Petrobras oil project in Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The president of Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said Monday that the agency is unlikely to change its opinion on a request made by Petrobras to drill a well at the mou...
May 22, 2023
Director of Cannes’ first Sudanese film: I walk red carpet as people flee bullets
By Thomas Newey CANNES (Reuters) - For Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival's official selection as w...
May 22, 2023
Treasury confirms U.S. default as early as June 1 without debt ceiling hike
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department reiterated Monday it expects to be able to pay the U.S. government's bills only through June 1 without a debt limi...
May 22, 2023
One injured after grill catches home on fire
PEORIA, Ill. – One person was injured after a grill caught part of a home in Central Peoria on fire. Peoria Firefighters were called to West Millbrook Court around noon Monday, and found that th...
May 22, 2023
Zoom lifts annual results forecasts on hybrid work boost
(Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications Inc on Monday raised its full-year forecasts for revenue and profit as hybrid work trends sustain demand for the firm's video-conferencing services, sending its sh...
May 22, 2023
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