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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on trial, thanks people for birthday wishes
(Reuters) - Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi thanked people for birthday greetings on Monday, in a message she sent through her lawyer while standing trial accused of crimes that could see he...
Jun 21, 2021
A family’s tragic history mirrors Ethiopia’s struggle for freedom
By Dawit Endeshaw and Ayenat Mersie ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Before unemployed labourer Ayalew Wedajo voted in Monday's Ethiopian election, he prayed for the soul of his eldest son Getinet, killed in a...
Jun 21, 2021
Revolut annual losses double on rising risk control costs
LONDON (Reuters) - Digital banking app Revolut said its annual losses doubled to just over 200 million pounds ($278 million) as administrative costs rose from investment in risk, compliance and contro...
Jun 21, 2021
South Africa’s Ramaphosa accuses Big Pharma of ‘selfish, unjust’ vaccine policy
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's president said on Monday the "selfish, unjust" refusal of pharmaceutical companies and allied Western governments to entertain emergency patent wai...
Jun 21, 2021
Greens candidate quits Provence run-off, complicating Le Pen bid – media
PARIS (Reuters) - The Greens candidate is pulling out of a run-off election in southeastern France, French media said on Monday, leaving a duel between the far-right and the centre-right - and making ...
Jun 21, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs AbbVie appeal in patent fight involving AndroGel drug
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear AbbVie Inc's challenge to a lower court's decision that it violated federal antitrust law by pursuing a "sham...
Jun 21, 2021
Database company Couchbase files for U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Database software firm Couchbase Inc on Monday registered for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), according to a regulatory filing, as demand for data storage and processing soars from t...
Jun 21, 2021
End of Yemen quagmire? Saudi-led coalition, Houthis near peace deal
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties are thrashing out terms for a peace deal that would extricate Saudi Arabia from a costly war and help alleviate a devastating humanitarian...
Jun 21, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs insurers on Obamacare reimbursements
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by health insurance companies to seek a full reimbursement from the federal government under a provisi...
Jun 21, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court denies Amarin’s bid to revive Vascepa drug patents
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by an Amarin Corp PLC subsidiary to revive patents on its heart drug Vascepa in a legal battle against generic d...
Jun 21, 2021
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