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Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators...
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Polish LGBTQ march seeks to show strength as election looms
WARSAW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Poles are expected to march through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to demand equality for LGBTQ people, as the community eyes elections in October or Novembe...
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BTS fans pack Seoul park to celebrate 10-year anniversary
SEOUL (Reuters) - An estimated 300,000 people are expected to gather in the heart of South Korea's capital Seoul on Saturday as fans from around the globe commemorated the debut of K-Pop boy band jugg...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2023
Binance, SEC strike deal to move all US customer funds, wallet keys back onshore – CoinDesk
(Corrects headline to remove extraneous word) (Reuters) - Binance, Binance.US and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a deal to ensure that only Binance.US employees could access cu...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2023
IMF sees Honduran economic growth slowing to about 3% in 2023
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran economic growth is seen slowing to about 3% in 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated in a statement issued on Friday, pointing to fewer remittances and...
Syndicated Content Jun 16, 2023

UPDATE: Deputies look for gunman fleeing traffic stop near county jail
UPDATED 10:42 P.M. BELLEVUE, Ill. – A man remains wanted by the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department after he was seen waving a gun from a car. It happened around 8:00 p.m. Friday in the Bel...
Will Stevenson Jun 16, 2023
World Bank green lights $500 million loan to boost Costa Rica’s budget
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The World Bank approved a new $500 million loan to Costa Rica aimed at strengthening support for the government's budget, according to a statement from the international lender re...
Syndicated Content Jun 16, 2023
US House Speaker McCarthy threatens to block funding for Chile waiver program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Friday threatened to use congressional appropriations to block funding for a U.S. visa waiver program for Chile, blaming ...
Syndicated Content Jun 16, 2023
Exclusive-Mondelez ‘singled out’ in boycott over Russia business-memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mondelez International's Europe president said Thursday that the Milka chocolate bar-maker was being "singled out and treated differently" from rival companies that are also conti...
Syndicated Content Jun 16, 2023

Father, son arrested on criminal charges after South Peoria traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria father and son were arrested after drugs and a gun were allegedly found in a car the two were stopped in. Peoria Police say they pulled over 18-year-old Jahbrae Harper's ...
Will Stevenson Jun 16, 2023
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