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ICC prosecutor suspends probe into Philippines drugs war
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan has temporarily suspended a probe into suspected rights abuses during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackd...
Nov 19, 2021
Merkel defends nuclear power exit despite climate challenges
(This Nov. 17 story has been refiled to clarify that '45% of Germany's energy' in paragraph 11 refers to 45% of electricity production) By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. FTC won’t ‘back down’ over Chamber of Commerce criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Friday it would not change course despite criticism from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about a series of actions spearheaded by FT...
Nov 19, 2021
Tennis-Ruud awakening for Rublev as Norwegian bags last semi-final place
(Reuters) - Casper Ruud completed the last-four line-up at the ATP finals on Friday, setting up a meeting with holder Daniil Medvedev after a 2-6 7-5 7-6(5) victory over Andrey Rublev. The 22-year-old...
Nov 19, 2021
EQT, Biontech investor family consider Sandoz bid – Handelsblatt
ZURICH (Reuters) - Investment group EQT and members of the Struengmann family, who are investors in Biontech, are considering a joint bid for Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis's generics division Sa...
Nov 19, 2021
Tennis-Russian Gabashvili banned for 20 months for doping offence
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian player Teymuraz Gabashvili has been banned for 20 months following an anti-doping violation, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Friday. The 36-year-old, who r...
Nov 19, 2021
Canada flood shows how climate change could fuel atmospheric river storms
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger -- and possibly more destructive -- because of clim...
Nov 19, 2021
China Evergrande EV unit to raise $347 million from share sale to fund production
(Reuters) - China Evergrande's electric vehicle division is raising about HK$2.7 billion ($347 million) from a share sale to fund production of new-energy cars, it said on Friday. China Evergrande New...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. FDA approves BioMarin’s drug for a type of dwarfism
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc's drug to improve growth in children with a type of dwarfism. The approval, meant for children fi...
Nov 19, 2021
Germany holds onto Biontech jabs as its Moderna stock risks expiry- report
(Corrects typo to read Biontech not Biotech in headline) BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's government will limit shipments of the Biontech/PfizerCOVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks to push the use of its ...
Nov 19, 2021
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