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Cancer coalition aims to boost access to medicines in poorer countries

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis and Roche have team...

20th May, 2022

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EDF delays UK nuclear project to 2027, ups price by 3 billion pounds

PARIS (Reuters) – Britain’s first new nuclear plant in decades is expected to be delayed by around a...

20th May, 2022

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Richemont cautious on China growth, talks on YNAP drag on

By Silke Koltrowitz and Silvia Aloisi ZURICH (Reuters) – Luxury goods group Richemont struck a cauti...

20th May, 2022

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BoE’s Pill sees need for further interest rate rises

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England will need to raise interest rates further t...

20th May, 2022

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H&M-backed project pilots CO2-capturing aprons at Stockholm restaurant

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Stockholm restaurant crew is wearing cotton aprons that capture greenhouse g...

20th May, 2022

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Zurich Insurance to exit Russia by selling business to local team

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) – Zurich Insurance has agreed to sell its Russian busines...

20th May, 2022

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UK retail sales jump unexpectedly, but big picture bleak

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales jumped unexpectedly in April as shoppers loaded...

20th May, 2022

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Shanghai finds cases after five days of ‘zero COVID’ but end of lockdown on track

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai announced its first new COVID-19 cases outside qu...

20th May, 2022

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JPMorgan targets more of Germany’s Mittelstand economic engine

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to make further inroads in Germany by ta...

20th May, 2022

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‘We are going to die’: Food shortages add to Sri Lanka’s woes

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned o...

20th May, 2022

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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100 world health ministers will meet i...

20th May, 2022

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Deloitte Middle East Technology FAST 50 results announced

Deloitte Middle East has released the results of the first edition of the Middle East Technology Fas...

19th May, 2022