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Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools. The standards unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are part of ...
Fuel tax blocks aid to hunger-ravaged South Sudan, UN says
By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese authorities are holding up United Nations fuel tankers over a tax dispute, jeopardising the delivery of millions of dollars of aid during a humanitarian crisis, the U.N. mission there said. The ...
Analysis-China spy charges up scrutiny of Germany's far-right ahead of EU polls
By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) - Leaked discussions about a mass deportation plan. A trial for using Nazi language. And now China spying allegations and reports about covert payments from a Kremlin ally. The far-right ...
Ukraine receives new EU funds, sees three more tranches in 2024
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine received a new 1.5-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) tranche of financial support from the European Union on Wednesday and hopes to get another 10 billion euros later this year, officials said. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko ...
Explainer-How the West might use Russia's frozen reserves to help Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - The G7 group of nations are looking to use nearly $300 billion worth of Russian financial assets frozen by sanctions since 2022 to help support Ukraine, but how it will be done remains highly complex given it would set a ...
Thermo Fisher lifts profit forecast as medical equipment demand improves
(Reuters) - Thermo Fisher on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and raised its annual profit forecast, betting on improved demand for its products and services used in drug development and sending shares up about 4% ...
Explainer-Why you should care about the European Parliament election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union citizens will vote on June 6-9 in elections to choose 720 new members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the next five years. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT The European Parliament is one of the three main EU ...
Biogen beats quarterly profit estimates, Alzheimer's drug sales jump
(Reuters) - Biogen beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by a series of cost-cutting measures as older drugs face fierce competition. The company also said its Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, developed with Japanese ...
Humana beats first-quarter profit estimates on strength of Medicare business
(Reuters) - Humana beat first-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday, helped by strength in its government-backed Medicare Advantage insurance business for older adults. On an adjusted basis, Humana reported a profit of $7.23 per share, ...
Northern Ireland's Donaldson charged with rape, other sexual offences
NEWRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Jeffrey Donaldson faces 11 historical sex offence charges, including one count of rape, prosecutors told a Northern Irish court on ...