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Tri-County COVID-19 update: Health departments will be ready to administer booster shots
PEORIA, Ill. – The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says some local residents may be closer to getting booster COVID-19 vaccines. Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson s...
Oct 14, 2021
UK says billions already raised for “green revolution” ahead of investment summit
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plan for a "green industrial revolution" has already attracted billions of pounds of investment, the government said on Thursday ahead of an investment su...
Oct 14, 2021
World Bank hopes China will boost donation to fund for poorest countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass said he hoped China would increase its donation to the International Development Association fund for the poorest countries. Malpass told the ...
Oct 14, 2021
Virgin Galactic to delay commercial space travel service
(Reuters) - Space exploration company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc said on Thursday it is delaying its commercial space travel service to the fourth quarter of 2022. (Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Benga...
Oct 14, 2021
Boeing names U.S. DSCA director as vice president of business development
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Thursday it had named Heidi Grant, director of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), as the vice president of business development. Grant, who will join th...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. authorities disclose ransomware attacks against water facilities
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Thursday that four ransomware attacks had penetrated water and wastewater facilities in the past year, and they warned similar plants ...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. port’s supply chain fix challenge: selling 24/7 shifts
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Port of Los Angeles is beginning the hard work of convincing terminal operators, importers, warehouses owners and trucking firms to embrace moving more ca...
Oct 14, 2021
White House says Biden has yet to make a decision about new FDA commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden has yet to make a final decision on who to nominate to lead the Food and Drug administration...
Oct 14, 2021
Exclusive: Senator Cotton delays vote on Biden’s pick for powerful China job at Commerce
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Tom Cotton is holding up a vote to confirm Alan Estevez as the U.S. Commerce Department's undersecretary for industry an...
Oct 14, 2021
Canada, citing Buy American fears, says it might limit U.S. procurement opportunities
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has told the Biden administration it might limit U.S. companies' ability to win Canadian procurement contracts if Washington brings in tougher "Buy America...
Oct 14, 2021
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