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Typhoon Koinu turns south off China’s coast, headed for Hainan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Typhoon Koinu, which lashed Taiwan with rains and winds last week, on Sunday turned south over the seas off the coast of China's Guangdong province towards the Chinese resort islan...
Oct 07, 2023
Shanghai stock exchange probes Zhejiang King after its public listing halt
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Shanghai Stock Exchange said it will probe Zhejiang King Co Ltd after the Chinese maker of air conditioners halted its initial public offering (IPO) amid media reports about al...
Oct 07, 2023
“Stoneman Willie” beloved Pennsylvania mummy gets burial, real name
By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Rich McKay READING, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A leather-skinned mummified man - a longtime curiosity lying in an open coffin in Reading, Pennsylvania and known only as "Stonem...
Oct 07, 2023
Factbox-California bill veto is setback in North American fight against caste discrimination
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill passed recently by state lawmakers to explicitly ban caste discrimination, citing that exiting laws already pro...
Oct 07, 2023
Aisha Wahab: author of vetoed California bill to ban caste discrimination
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - State Senator Aisha Wahab authored the bill vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom that would have made California the first U.S. state to explicitly ban caste discrimination. W...
Oct 07, 2023
US House’s Scalise, Jordan locked in two-way speaker race, for now
By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Jim Jordan, a leader of the party's conservative wing, are in a...
Oct 07, 2023
California governor vetoes bill to ban caste discrimination
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill passed recently by the state legislature to ban caste discrimination, saying a separate legislation to that eff...
Oct 07, 2023
Volkswagen, Umicore venture picks Poland for first car battery parts plant
BERLIN (Reuters) - The auto battery parts joint venture between Volkswagen's PowerCo and Belgian materials firm Umicore has chosen Poland as the site for its first factory, PowerCo said on Saturday. T...
Oct 07, 2023
Niger cuts 2023 budget by 40% as post-coup sanctions bite
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has cut its planned spending for 2023 by 40% because of international sanctions imposed after the military took power in a July coup, further hobbling the economy in one of th...
Oct 07, 2023
Two dead after two crashes on I-74 in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. – Two people are dead after a pair of crashes early Saturday morning on Interstate 74 in Woodford County. Illinois State Police say the first crash happened prior to 1:30 a...
Oct 07, 2023
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