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A general view of the Vietnam National Assembly (Parliament) is seen during the opening ceremony of its 2015 spring session in Hanoi May 20, 2015.

Vietnam parliament chief quits amid deepening political turbulence

Khanh Vu, Phuong Nguyen |Updated 3 minutes ago |3 min read

By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - The chairman of Vietnam's parliament Vuong Dinh Hue resigned over unspecified "violations and shortcomings", the ruling Communist Party said on Friday, a new sign of political turbulence weeks after ...

An airplane flies past an Apollo Hospital building in New Delhi, India, December 6, 2023.

India's Apollo Hospitals' unit to raise $297 million from PE firm Advent

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International will invest 24.75 billion rupees (nearly $297 million) in Apollo Hospitals' unit Apollo HealthCo, the hospital chain operator said on Friday. ($1 = 83.3510 Indian rupees) (Reporting ...

Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024.

Thailand urges bigger ASEAN role in resolving Myanmar conflict

Reuters |Updated 13 minutes ago |2 min read

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx ...

A general view of Charles De Gaulle, the French aircraft carrier docked in the French Navy base of Toulon, France, November 9, 2022.

With Russia in mind, French carrier joins drills under NATO command

Andrew Gray |Updated 34 minutes ago |3 min read

By Andrew Gray ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, off southern France (Reuters) - NATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle ...

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UN seeks to deescalate Sudan tensions amid reports of possible attack

Reuters |Updated 41 minutes ago |1 min read

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is increasingly concerned about escalating tensions in al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region amid reports that the Rapid Support Forces are encircling the city, signaling a possible imminent attack, ...

HCA Healthcare Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken April 10, 2023.

HCA beats first-quarter profit estimates on higher patient admissions

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - HCA Healthcare on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit, helped by higher patient admissions due to demand for healthcare services. The hospital operator, however, reaffirmed its annual forecast. In the first quarter, ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he returns from a break in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Spencer Platt/Pool via

Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports

Reuters |Updated 4 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if he wins, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with ...

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UK police charge five men with national security offences linked to Russia

Reuters |Updated 3 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday five men, including a British national, have been charged in relation to alleged hostile state activity intended to benefit Russia. Dylan Earl, 20, appeared in a London court on Saturday charged ...

A medic holds a Palestinian newborn girl after she was pulled alive from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sheikh (Al-Sakani), who was killed in an Israeli strike, along with her husband Shokri and her daughter Malak, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from a video recorded April 20, 2024. Reuters TV via

Gaza baby saved from dead mother's womb dies

Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) - A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother's womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring ...

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020.

US FDA approves Pfizer's gene therapy for rare bleeding disorder

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's gene therapy for hemophilia B on Friday, the second such therapy for the rare bleeding disorder that typically requires regular infusions of a blood-clotting protein. People with ...

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