Gold gains as trade concerns weigh on global markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Signs of further escalation of the U.S.-China trade war and weak UK economic data weighed on…
Exclusive: PSA, Dongfeng to drop two China auto plants, halve workforce – document
BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – Peugeot maker PSA Group (PEUP.PA) and partner Dongfeng Group (0489.HK) have agreed to cut thousands of jobs…
Pope caps reform of Vatican bank with new statutes
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has approved new statutes for the Vatican Bank, making an external audit obligatory and…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Roche says test showed Tecentriq helped vs bladder cancer
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd…
UK’s Johnson pledges $2.2B more to public health system
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will pump an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) into the National Health…
Philippines weighs re-use of controversial dengue vaccine
FILE PHOTO: Boxes of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia are placed inside a freezer for storage at the Manila Health Department in…
African swine fever hits sixth pig farm in Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s veterinary authorities said on Friday they would cull 8,253 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African…
Bulgaria to compensate owners who cull pigs to help stamp out swine fever
FILE PHOTO: A pig rests at a farm near the village of Belotincy, 140 km (90 miles) from the capital…
British student plunges to death from plane in Madagascar
Police say a 19-year-old British student fell to her death from a small airplane in Madagascar after opening a door…
Superbugs found lurking in London underground and hospitals
FILE PHOTO: People crowded on a Central Line tube underground train during rush hour commute in London, November 27, 2017.…
Fifth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull another 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of…
Lead leak from Notre Dame cathedral fire prompts lawsuit
A French activist group has filed a lawsuit over health threats from toxic lead released in Notre Dame Cathedral’s devastating…
New video from Iran shows Guard warning away UK warship
In new video released Monday, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer is heard telling a British warship not to interfere or…
Macron to host Putin next month ahead of G-7 summit
French President Emmanuel Macron says he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, days before hosting a…
Magnitude 4.2 aftershock strikes close to Athens: Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck not far from Athens and seismologists say it was an aftershock from a stronger…
Roche’s Tecentriq recommended for EU approval to treat lung cancer form
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd…
Greece bans pork imports from Bulgaria due to African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Greece has banned imports of pork from its northern Balkan neighbor Bulgaria due to outbreaks of African…
European panel okays GW Pharma cannabis drug for epilepsy
(Reuters) – GW Pharmaceuticals’ marijuana-based treatment Epidyolex has won a positive recommendation for marketing approval from a European Medicines Agency…
Bayer in frame to win first EU nod for high-precision cancer drug
(Reuters) – Europe’s drug regulator has recommended approving Bayer’s Vitrakvi, putting the medicine on track to become the first in…
Third Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they will cull 30,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African…
In Roundup case, U.S. judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million
(Reuters) – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who…
WHO hails progress in fight against tobacco but wants more
LONDON (Reuters) – Healthy progress has been made in reducing smoking and tobacco use, but governments need to do more…
The Latest: UN concerned heat heading for Greenland
The Latest on Europe’s heat wave (all times local): Interested in Climate Change? Add Climate Change as an interest to…
California, four automakers defy Trump, agree to tighten emissions rules
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Four major automakers said on Thursday they have reached an agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules,…
Apple pays $1 billion for Intel unit in push for chip independence
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) took a major step toward supplying its own smartphone chips by purchasing the majority of…
Elton John AIDS fundraiser brings in $6 million for Kenya HIV testing
CAP D’ANTIBES, France (Reuters) – Elton John on Wednesday hosted a celebrity-packed gala that raised more than $6 million to…
Boris Johnson becomes UK PM, aims to win over doubters
Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday, vowing to break the impasse that defeated his predecessor by leading…
Textured breast implant recalled due to ties to rare cancer
Breast implant maker Allergan Inc. issued a worldwide recall Wednesday for certain textured models after regulators alerted the company to…
Coca-Cola’s coffee and zero sugar soda mix lifts 2019 goals, shares
(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) beat second-quarter earnings expectations and raised its organic revenue forecast for the full year thanks…
Earnings and trade optimism push Wall St. toward record high
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq approached record highs on Tuesday, lifted by upbeat quarterly reports from Coca-Cola and…
Exclusive: Deutsche Bank’s problem derivatives cloud recovery – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG’s (DBKGn.DE) turnaround strategy rests in large part on shedding 288 billion euros of…
Sanofi signs U.S. rights deal with Roche for flu treatment Tamiflu
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Sanofi is pictured during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit…
Multiple sclerosis drug helps Biogen beat Wall St. profit expectations
(Reuters) – Biogen Inc reported better-than-expected second quarter profit and raised its 2019 earnings forecast on Tuesday, driven by higher…
Easing hopes prop up global stocks, pound sags as Britain eyes new PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks…
U.S. farmers look past trade fears to cash in on China’s hog crisis
WALCOTT, Iowa/LONDON (Reuters) – It might seem an unlikely time for U.S. farmers to look to China for more business…
Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia: study
FILE PHOTO: Anopheles minimus mosquitoes are pictured at a lab in the Public Health Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, November 9,…
1,800 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal
About 1,800 firefighters were struggling to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured 20 people, including eight firefighters,…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says ECB must buy equities to stimulate euro zone
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock (BLK.N) Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Friday the European Central Bank will need to…
Airbus mimics nature with ‘Bird of Prey’ concept plane
An Airbus concept aircraft with a wing design inspired by nature, dubbed Bird of Prey, is displayed at the Royal…
Oil climbs as Middle East tensions offset demand worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday after steep losses a day earlier, supported by…
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan-Mitsubishi in the Netherlands: paper
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei…
UK parliamentary committee questions StanChart’s remuneration policy
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Standard Chartered is displayed at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China November 23,…
Novartis’s older MS drug Gilenya wins Chinese approval
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland…
Ryanair Irish pilot union to decide on strike ballot next week
FILE PHOTO: Passengers disembark a Ryanair flight at Dublin International Airport in Dublin, Ireland. Aug 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay DUBLIN…
African swine fever hits pig farm in northeast Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Saturday an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm for pigs near…
Transport app FlixMobility gets Germany’s biggest tech funding round to drive growth
FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) in Germany’s biggest tech funding round…
BMW promotes Oliver Zipse to CEO
FILE PHOTO: Oliver Zipse, board member of German luxury carmaker BMW attends the company’s annual news conference in Munich, Germany,…
Oil falls about 2.5% as U.S. Gulf production returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil fell about 2.5% a barrel on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in U.S. equities markets…
BMW picks Oliver Zipse as new CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) said Oliver Zipse will become chief executive on Aug. 16, picking the 55-year-old manufacturing expert…
Netflix sinks on subscriber losses, analysts still see growth
(Reuters) – Wall Street brokerages stuck to a positive outlook on Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Thursday, betting that a strong…
U.S. airline group says it had a ‘productive meeting’ with Trump on Qatar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. airline industry group said it had a “productive” meeting on Thursday with President Donald Trump,…
Trump meets with airline CEOs over Qatar subsidy accusations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the chief executives of major American airlines to discuss…
UAW president to GM: We invested in you, now invest in us
DETROIT (Reuters) – The UAW and General Motors Co (GM.N) on Tuesday formally kicked off contract talks, with the union’s…
Wells Fargo tempers cost-cutting outlook
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co reported higher quarterly earnings on Tuesday, due in part to lower expenses, but the…
Five things to look for in Netflix’s second-quarter report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, a big question is how the streaming…
Blue Apron beefs up menu with Beyond Meat, shares surge 60%
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Blue Apron is shown on a large sign in front of the New York Stock…