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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023.

Hungary's anti-fraud body calls for extended powers to monitor EU funds

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's Integrity Authority, an anti-fraud body tasked with overseeing European Union funds, lacks the proper investigative authority to expose possible wrongdoing, its leader told Reuters, calling for an ...

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Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town

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Military personnel stand guard as hundreds of refugees crossed over the river frontier between Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, following the fall of a strategic border town to rebels fighting Myanmar's military junta, in Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand, April 13, 2024.

Bristol Myers posts quarterly loss, revenue rises 5%

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West Pharma posts beat-and-raise quarter aided by strong demand for injectables

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Labcorp beats quarterly estimates on strong testing demand

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Belarus says it thwarted attack on capital by drones launched from Lithuania

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 22, 2024.

Britain's Rwanda asylum legislation formally becomes law

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles has given his assent to legislation central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Royal assent is the final stage in the legislative process, and effectively rubber stamps ...

India's Glenmark Life Sciences posts lower Q4 profit as Red Sea crisis hurts API business

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BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Glenmark Life Sciences posted its first drop in profit for six quarters on Thursday as its mainstay active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business was hurt by the Red Sea crisis. The Mumbai-based company, ...

A police member looks on in Wimereux, near Calais, after migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel, in France, April 23, 2024.

UK police make additional arrest over migrants' deaths in Channel

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested an additional individual over the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died attempting to cross the Channel from France on a small boat earlier this week. The deaths ...

Merck CEO Belen Garijo speaks to the media, on the day of a groundbreaking ceremony for drugmaker Merck's new research centre aiming at mRNA technology, in Darmstadt, Germany April 25, 2024.

Scholz promises support for pharma sector in Germany as Merck invests

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was committed to supporting the pharmaceuticals sector with tax advantages for research and cutting red tape for trials at a ceremony with Merck, which is investing 1.5 billion euros ($1.61 ...

The United States Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2024.

Explainer-How Trump's immunity claim stalled 2020 election subversion case

Andrew Goudsward |Updated 6 minutes ago |4 min read

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Thursday on Donald Trump’s claim that he enjoys sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took as president, a claim that has delayed by months ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on the 6th day of the hush money trial against him on April 23 2024. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS

Hush money testimony expected to focus on payment to ex-Playboy model

Jack Queen |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is set to resume in New York on Thursday with a former tabloid publisher testifying about efforts to help Trump's 2016 presidential bid by burying negative stories, including an ...

Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseev and other navy representatives attend the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 22, 2024.

Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this week

Laurie Chen |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese military officials held separate meetings with U.S. and Russian naval counterparts during a Western Pacific naval symposium in Qingdao this week, a Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on ...

Turkey offers Iraq technical help to bolster border security

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is in discussions with Iraq to provide technical assistance to Baghdad for securing its borders to prevent movements of outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants around the region, a Turkish defence ministry ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands across the table during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. September 21, 2023.

Kremlin says U.S. long-range missiles sent to Ukraine will not change war's outcome

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that deliveries of U.S. long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine would not change the outcome of the war but would create more problems for Ukraine itself. The United States in ...

An official adjusts the flags before G7 foreign ministers gather for a family photo during their meetings in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2023.

US proposal for frozen Russian asset revenues gaining ground, G7 officials say

Andrea Shalal |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. proposal for using future interest on some $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, instead of seizing them outright, is gaining momentum among the Group of Seven nations, two G7 ...