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WHO cancer arm deems aspartame “possible carcinogen”; consumption limits unchanged
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The sweetener aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO...
Jul 13, 2023
US bans former Panama president for ‘significant corruption,’ Blinken says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has banned former Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez from entering the U.S. for his "involvement in significant corruption," S...
Jul 13, 2023
Union fears Hollywood actors’ digital doubles could live on ‘for one day’s pay’
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Like a plot from the anthology television series "Black Mirror," the Screen Actors Guild says it is battling the studios for control over the digital replicas of perfor...
Jul 13, 2023
Roivant in talks to sell bowel disease drug to Roche in over $7 billion deal – WSJ
(Reuters) - Biotech company Roivant Sciences is nearing a deal to sell an experimental drug to treat inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease to Roche in a deal tha...
Jul 13, 2023
US trade group blasts Canada for refusal to extend digital services tax freeze
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-based National Foreign Trade Council on Thursday blasted Canada for its refusal to back a global agreement to hold off on implementing digital services taxes for at lea...
Jul 13, 2023
LaHood, Sorensen draft legislation that could benefit Peoria’s 182nd Airlift Wing. Here’s how
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Both the Democratic and Republican congressmen in this area say they’re working together to make sure the 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria is taken care of. Congressme...
Jul 13, 2023
Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source
By Jonathan Spicer and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) - Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone parts after Ankara gave its nod for Sweden to join NATO, a person...
Jul 13, 2023
Soccer-Rodrigo leaves Leeds for Qatari club Al-Rayyan
(Reuters) - Spanish forward Rodrigo Moreno has joined Qatar's Al-Rayyan from Leeds United, the Championship club said on Thursday. The length of the contract and the transfer fee were not disclosed. T...
Jul 13, 2023
Marketmind: US inflation cheer gives stocks best week this year
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian equities are on course Friday to round off their best week this year on a...
Jul 13, 2023
Republican state officials threaten legal action over company diversity policies
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of Republican U.S. state attorney generals on Thursday warned the country's largest companies that certain workforce diversity policies could be illegal in light...
Jul 13, 2023
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