‘Trump, May & Macron see themselves as masters of mankind’
RT speaks to Robert Naiman, policy director at ‘Just Foreign Policy’, on the latest strikes conducted by US, UK &…
Four found guilty in insider trading case linked to U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday…
FDA chief questions protections on drug rebates, stocks fall
(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Thursday questioned whether rebates that drugmakers provide to health…
Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Adults and children should consume a maximum of 10 percent of their daily calories in the form…
Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn charged in U.S. over diesel scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday disclosed the filing of criminal charges against former Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE)…
Scientists devise new, more accurate peanut allergy test
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have developed a far more accurate blood test to diagnose peanut allergy, offering a better…
U.S. investment house backs changes at Australia’s scandal-hit AMP: Fairfax
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The largest shareholder in Australia’s AMP Ltd (AMP.AX), U.S. investment house Harris Associates, supports the ouster of…
Buffett draws them in even as Berkshire comes up short
(Reuters) – He thinks of himself as a teacher, and to many he is an icon. But to Wall Street,…
Breast cancer screening failure may have shortened 270 lives in England
LONDON (Reuters) – As many as 270 women’s lives may have been shortened after an IT failure in England’s breast…
World shares hemmed in by dollar and Fed rate expectations
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks inched higher on Wednesday after two days of losses but remained pinned down by the…
Regeneron/Sanofi cut heart drug price to $4,500-$6,600 for Express Scripts
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA will slash the price of their expensive cholesterol drug for Express Scripts…
Marathon to become top U.S. refiner with $23 billion Andeavor buy
(Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) agreed to buy rival Andeavor (ANDV.N) for more than $23 billion in the largest-ever…
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn’s oil refinery – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned…
Global sales, U.S. spending serve McDonald’s results beat
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) blew past analysts’ forecasts for profit and sales on Monday, helped by strength in overseas…
OPEC April oil output hits year low on Venezuela slide: Reuters survey
LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC oil output fell in April to a one-year low due to declining production in Venezuela and…
Hong Kong scrambles for talent in battle for Nasdaq’s biotech crown
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Hong Kong unveiled plans last year to encourage biotech companies to list in the city…
FDA clears Pluristem radiation treatment for emergency use
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a developer of placenta-based stem cell products, said the U.S. Food and Drug…
Britain’s Sainsbury’s and Asda agree 13.3-billion-pound merger
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart (WMT.N), confirmed on Monday they had agreed a…
Asian shares edge higher as tensions ease, earnings rise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares rose again on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first-quarter earnings shone,…
Canadian exchange operator TMX blames hardware failure for outage
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s largest stock exchange operator said on Saturday that the failure of data storage equipment caused an…
Ex-Wynn Resorts CEO files defamation lawsuit against former employee – WSJ
(Reuters) – Steve Wynn, who resigned in February as chief executive of Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN.O) following allegations of sexual…
China eases restrictions on foreign ownership of securities ventures
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator has released new guidelines for foreign investment in Chinese security joint ventures in which…
T-Mobile, Sprint say $26 billion deal would give U.S. tech lead over China
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion…
Walmart attempts international turnaround with UK, India tie-ups
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc’s (WMT.N) urgency to stem market share losses to rivals around the world is driving…
Allergan migraine drug succeeds in second late-stage trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allergan Plc on Friday announced positive results from a second Phase III trial for the 50…
Fewer dementia patients die after surgery when nurses more educated
(Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated…
Talk therapy may help soldiers combat insomnia
(Reuters Health) – Talk therapy for insomnia is effective at reducing insomnia, as well as mental fatigue, among military personnel,…
Zimbabwe says will issue cannabis licences to growers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has…
Sainsbury’s, Walmart’s Asda to create UK supermarket powerhouse
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s and Walmart’s Asda are in talks to create Britain’s biggest supermarket group, a combination which would…
Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to the board
DUBAI (Reuters) – State run Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil company, said on Sunday it has appointed five new…
Chemical substance of hexamine found in Douma laboratory – Russian MoD
Russian broadcaster VGTRK released video on Friday showing an alleged chemical laboratory in Douma, suspected of belonging to militant group…
Outrage breaks out after Whole Foods partners with Yellow Fever eatery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market sparked social media outrage after its newest store in its 365 grocery…
Syria combat footage: Army continues offensive against ISIS in southern Damascus – reports
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued its offensive against militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS, ISIL) in…
Ninety-eight now sick from romaine lettuce-linked E. coli: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more people fell ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials said…
Fourteen more fall sick from E. coli linked to romaine lettuce: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more sick people from eight U.S. states were added to an investigation of an E. coli outbreak…
Bill Cosby verdict: Guilty on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault
The 80-year-old comedian faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, but is likely to serve them concurrently.…
EU wants coordinated vaccine push against measles, other diseases
(Reuters) – The European Commission urged EU member states on Thursday to cooperate more closely in fighting diseases such as…
Johnson & Johnson wins appeal to overturn $151 million hip implant verdict
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday secured a favorable U.S. appellate court ruling, overturning a verdict that had awarded…
Syria strikes: High tech killing power with ‘good intentions’
After allegations of a chemical attack in Syria, Western fighter jets were soon revving their engines, ready to unleash a…
Why didn’t Trump go to Congress before striking Syria? – RT asks State Senator Richard Black
Friday’s attack on Syria was a face-lifting move by Donald Trump after he boasted about his missiles on Twitter, Virginia…
‘US not happy with Turkey’s govt’: Ankara ‘may face sanctions’ for buying Russian S-400 missiles
The US has piled the pressure on Turkey, warning of sanctions if it buys Russian anti-aircraft defence systems. The purchase…
Income, education tied to physical function in old age
(Reuters Health) – People with lower socioeconomic status may have fewer years of good physical functioning in old age than…
Security gaps at US Congress, but media is too obsessed with Russia
The UK & US have issued a first of its kind joint warning to those living in the West, claiming…
DoubleLine’s Gundlach says U.S. Treasuries ‘not attractive’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital, said on Tuesday that U.S. Treasuries were “not…
FDA cracks down on sales of Juul tobacco products to minors
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it launched a crackdown on the sale of e-cigarettes…
Whirlpool to sell Embraco compressor business to Japan’s Nidec
(Reuters) – Whirlpool Corp (WHR.N) said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its Embraco compressor business to Japan’s Nidec Corp…
U.S debt deluge lifts bond yields to four-year high, Asia stocks down
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped and the U.S. dollar advanced on Tuesday, as a deluge of U.S. government debt…
Waffle House murder suspect Travis Reinking is now in custody
A tip from the community led to Travis Reinking’s arrest shortly after 1 p.m. Monday in a wooded area near…
High-profile investors bet on stocks tied to millennials: Sohn Conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund managers at the high-profile 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York pitched stock ideas…
Turkey’s news in Syria
Turkey’s news in Syria The US continues training SDF in Manbij, thereby provoking Turkey to aggression. Turkey is building the…
‘US moves peace in Syria further away’ – Russia’s UN envoy
Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, has condemned what he called acts of aggression in Syria. He was…
Jilted Akorn sues Fresenius over deal termination
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – U.S. generic drugmaker Akorn is taking former suitor Fresenius to court after the German healthcare group canceled…
Gender bias in peer review of research grants may penalize women
(Reuters Health) – Female researchers may be less successful at winning grant funding than their male counterparts with similar experience…
Why Are American Troops in Ukraine? – Russian Roulette (Dispatch 108)
Three hundred American soldiers have arrived in western Ukraine. In the latest dispatch, Simon Ostrovsky traveled there to find out…
Wall Street set to open higher despite rising U.S. yields
(Reuters) – Wall Street was set for gains on Monday as optimism about the strong earnings season helped ease concerns…
FDA declines to approve Pfizer’s biosimilar to Roche’s cancer drug
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve the company’s biosimilar…