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President Biden to attend ASEAN-U.S. summit on Tuesday
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will attend a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday, the U.S. embassy in Brunei told Reuters. Biden will l...
Oct 25, 2021
With axes and stones, women make their mark on traditional Basque rural sports
By Vincent West MUNGIA, Spain (Reuters) - Women lifted heavy stones up to their shoulders and swung axes during the Women's Championship of Herri-Kirolak - or Basque sports - as a new generation aims ...
Oct 25, 2021
France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Sophie Fornairon's independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-c...
Oct 25, 2021
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she b...
Oct 25, 2021
Sunday storms brought record rainfall to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria saw nearly four inches of rain on Sunday, which broke the daily rainfall record of 1.32 inches for October 24, set back in 1975, according to news partner 25 News. Sunday&#...
Oct 25, 2021
Police investigating potential threat at Washington High School
WASHINGTON, Ill. — Washington Police Chief Mike McCoy says a team of investigators are looking into a threat against Washington Community High School Monday morning. McCoy spoke with news partne...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. to outline Nov. 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to unveil on Monday its detailed rules requiring nearly all foreign air visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting No...
Oct 25, 2021
Microsoft says Russian group has targeted hundreds of U.S. networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Russian-based agency behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on U.S.-based com...
Oct 25, 2021
Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents
By Elizabeth Culliford and Brad Heath (Reuters) - Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries wh...
Oct 25, 2021
Capitol Hill drug pricing reform opponents among the biggest beneficiaries of pharma funds
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Democratic Party lawmakers holding up proposed drug pricing reforms are among the largest beneficiaries of the pharmaceutical industry's push to stav...
Oct 25, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
