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NASA to conduct first global water survey from space
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a compreh...
Dec 13, 2022
Australia to reform mobile wallet, cross-border payments
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank wants mobile wallet providers to offer least cost routing options for merchants by the end of 2024, under new regulatory powers set to be granted by the gov...
Dec 13, 2022
Illumina defends $7.1 billion Grail buy to fend off antitrust regulators
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. life sciences company Illumina Inc on Tuesday defended its $7.1 billion acquisition of biotech firm Grail Inc , pledging to keep selling its DNA sequencing s...
Dec 13, 2022
Marketmind: It’s Fed D-Day
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Over to you Jay. Wall Street got the benign U.S. inflation report it was hoping for on Tuesday yet gave back...
Dec 13, 2022
Woman shot in South Peoria Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. – A woman was hurt after she was shot in South Peoria Monday afternoon. Peoria Police say it happened around 2:30 p.m. near Ann and Oregon Streets. A female was being taken to the h...
Dec 13, 2022
Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend settles lawsuits over botched police raid
(Reuters) - Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police during a no-knock raid at her apartment in the Kentucky city ...
Dec 13, 2022
‘Avatar’ sequel earns film critics’ praise for visual spectacle
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The long-awaited sequel to groundbreaking movie "Avatar" won praise on Tuesday from movie critics who said they were awed again by director James Cameron's vis...
Dec 13, 2022
Kasper: Mask wearing is making a comeback
PEORIA, Ill. – For many of your friends and neighbors, there may one thing about the COVID-19 pandemic that will continue to be done: the wearing of masks. Usage of them is going up again, as ca...
Dec 13, 2022
Moldova’s new economy minister pledges pro-business overhaul
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) - Moldova's new economy minister says he is mapping out long-term reforms and will slash bureaucracy to lay the foundations of a business-friendly economy and accelerat...
Dec 13, 2022
U.S. senator Manchin says Treasury should limit commercial EV tax credit use
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat who chairs the chamber's energy panel, asked the Treasury Department on Tuesday not to allow a commercial electric vehicle tax cred...
Dec 13, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
