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Analysis-Pasta makers cheer Turkey as its durum wheat flows abroad
By Ceyda Caglayan and Gus Trompiz ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkey's spectacular breakthrough as an exporter of durum wheat ...
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UK's greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.4% in 2023, government data shows
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 5.4% in 2023 partly due to lower gas us...
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In Iraq, water crisis leaves farmers clinging to sidr trees
By Mohammed Aty BASRA (Reuters) - Faced with a failing date palm business due to scarce resources, Iraqi farmer Ismail Ibrahi...
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Biden's campaign war chest exceeds Trump's before major fundraising event
By Stephanie Kelly and Moira Warburton NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign has pulled in more money ahea...
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Lawsuits over Baltimore bridge collapse likely, though limited, lawyers say
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - The owner, operator and charterer of the container ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scot...
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National Sports
76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said...
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Tennis-Decision to retire is about more than just tennis, Collins says
(Reuters) - Danielle Collins again faced questions about her decision to retire this year after she powered into the Miami Op...
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Blackhawks ride rare win streak into game at Ottawa
The Chicago Blackhawks will shoot for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they visit the Ottawa Senators...
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MLB 2024 Preview: Dodgers pegged to win 46 more games than A's
As the 2024 major league season gets underway in earnest on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are already one game toward the...
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Baseball-Ohtani's LA mural celebrates larger-than-life ballplayer
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'Ohtani-mania' officially kicked off in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday with the un...
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World
Greek PM faces no-confidence vote over 2023 train crash
ATHENS (Reuters) - The government of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces a no-confidence vote on Thursday over the...
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Scotland's parliament considers assisted dying as poll shows support
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Legislation that would that would allow people living in Scotland with a terminal illn...
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Year-long war dims Sudan's Ramadan festivities
PORT SUDAN/OMDURMAN, Sudan (Reuters) - The feasts and festivities of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan have been muted in Suda...
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Pope, looking healthy, begins busy four days leading to Easter
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis looked well as he began four intense days of events leading to Easte...
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Kremlin says Russia is working with partners after report on payment delays for oil
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russia was working with partners amid unprecedented ...
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Business
Explainer-Why France is making a new push to reduce unemployment benefits
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government is looking to shorten the period people can claim unemployment benefits to strengthen i...
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Firmer oil prices expected as demand builds and supply curbs persist: Reuters poll
By Sherin Elizabeth Varghese (Reuters) - Oil prices will gain some momentum this year as demand picks up and output curbs by ...
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Walgreens narrows full-year profit forecast, takes $5.8-billion impairment
(Reuters) -Walgreen Boots Alliance cut the higher end of its profit forecast for fiscal-year 2024 on Thursday, citing economi...
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Global smartphone market set to rebound in 2024, report says
By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) - Global smartphone shipments are expected to rebound 3% this year as easing inflation aids a dem...
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How the oil industry is thriving despite Joe Biden's climate policies
By Nichola Groom and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Record production. Booming exports. Rapid jobs growth. Soaring CEO pay and s...
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Politics
Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the st...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law li...
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Former U.S. Senator, Joe Lieberman dies at 82, media reports
(Reuters) - Former U.S. senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman has died at the 82, according to media reports. L...
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Florida governor, Disney reach settlement in lawsuit over special district
(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Walt Disney have reached a settlement to end a high-profile state lawsuit over t...
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US court keeps Texas border security law on hold in win for Biden
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let sta...
Mar 27, 2024
Health
European regulators close in on Big Tobacco's new tea sticks
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) - European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' ne...
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U.S. FDA approves Akebia's anemia drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Akebia Therapeutics' drug to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney...
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UnitedHealth Group has paid over $3.3 billion to care providers hit by cyberattacks
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday that it had advanced more than $3.3 billion so far to care providers impacte...
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J&J gets new opportunity to contest evidence linking talc to cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc products to ...
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Moderna secures $750 million from Blackstone Life Sciences to develop flu shots
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with private equity firm Blackstone's life science inve...
Mar 27, 2024
Science
A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to ...
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Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded...
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Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magne...
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Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped ...
Mar 26, 2024
Send robots into space rather than people, says Britain's Astronomer Royal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when robots could do the job just as...
Mar 26, 2024
Technology
Italy's Azimut to create fintech bank through spin-off, Ipo
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian asset manager Azimut Holding plans to spin-off part of its network of financial advisors and merge ...
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US requiring new AI safeguards for government use, transparency
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The White House said Thursday it is requiring federal agencies using artificial intelligence ...
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Keysight agrees to buy Britain's Spirent for $1.5 billion
(Reuters) - U.S.-based Keysight Technologies will buy Spirent Communications in an all-cash deal, valuing the British telecom...
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Exclusive-China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators
By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators w...
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Take-Two Interactive to acquire Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment from Embracer
(Reuters) - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software said late on Wednesday it has come to an agreement to acquire ...
7h ago
Entertainment
'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The B...
16h ago
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more deta...
21h ago
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was be...
Mar 27, 2024
'Civil War' movie set in near-future US poses questions about politics and journalism
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Filmmaker Alex Garland wants "Civil War", a tense thriller about a group of jou...
Mar 26, 2024
Jane Goodall's 90th birthday wish? More time to get out the conservation message
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - British primatologist-turned-conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall will mark her 90th birthd...
Mar 26, 2024