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U.S. holds three tests to advance hypersonic weapon programs, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and Army tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, calling the three tests successful. (Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington,...
Oct 21, 2021
Few options for G7 trade chiefs to alleviate supply pinch
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trade chiefs from the developed world's economic powerhouses gathering on Friday have few options at hand for a rapid fix to the supply chain woes driving up inf...
Oct 21, 2021
Analysis-Weidmann’s departure may set the scene for new ECB conflicts
By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Jens Weidmann's departure from the European Central Bank is the most tangible sign yet that ECB President Christine Lagarde's efforts to wi...
Oct 21, 2021
D.C. jail under civil rights review, Attorney General says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said the Justice Department is reviewing conditions at the local jail in Washington, D.C., after a federal ju...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. consumer watchdog orders tech giants turn over information on payment systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday said it has issued a series of orders to tech giants to turn over information on their payment system plans in an eff...
Oct 21, 2021
Rivermen hockey returns for a 40th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. — As of Friday, it will have been 593 days since the Peoria Rivermen hockey team has played a game. The team’s games Friday and Saturday night open the Rivermen’s 40th s...
Oct 21, 2021
Italy’s car part makers see their small size as a risk in Stellantis merger -survey
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian car part suppliers see their small average size struggling to adapt to industry changes following the merger of local carmaker Fiat Chrysler with France's PSA which created S...
Oct 21, 2021
Russia to test air quality monitoring on Nornickel with view to going nationwide
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will start testing a potentially nationwide real-time system to monitor air quality at metals giant Nornickel's base in the industrial Arctic city of Norilsk next year, the c...
Oct 21, 2021
Trump strikes SPAC deal for new social media platform, shares soar
(Reuters) - Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp rose 80% on Thursday after the publicly listed shell company said it would merge with a business owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump to cre...
Oct 21, 2021
Why today’s economy can handle oil at $100 a barrel or higher
By Tommy Wilkes and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - For all the angst caused by this year's 65% oil price leap, concerns about a return to 1970s-style stagflation are overblown and the developed world, ...
Oct 21, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
