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Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, speaks on stage during the delivery of the final 747 jet at their plant in Everett, Washington, U.S. January 31, 2023.

Boeing's lower MAX production will slow planemaker's recovery, CEO says

(Reuters) - Boeing's lower 737 MAX production will slow the pace of its recovery, as it faces a "difficult" period following a harrowing mid-air blowout on one of its jets in January, CEO Dave Calhoun told employees on Wednesday. Calhoun, who ...

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Explainer-How the West might use Russia's frozen reserves to help Ukraine

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A view of German, French, Japanese, European Union, Italian, Capri and US flags blowing in the wind, ahead of the G7 Foreign Ministers summit, in Capri, Italy, April 17, 2024.

Thermo Fisher lifts profit forecast as medical equipment demand improves

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A sign marks the offices of Thermo Fisher Scientific offices in Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S., August 2, 2023.

Explainer-Why you should care about the European Parliament election

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Biogen beats quarterly profit estimates, Alzheimer's drug sales jump

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Humana beats first-quarter profit estimates on strength of Medicare business

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Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) charged with historical sex offences, arrives at the Newry Magistrates Court, in Newry, Northern Ireland, April 24, 2024.

Northern Ireland's Donaldson charged with rape, other sexual offences

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NEWRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Jeffrey Donaldson faces 11 historical sex offence charges, including one count of rape, prosecutors told a Northern Irish court on ...

FIEL PHOTO: A Palestinian woman bakes bread as children sit next to her, while Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger and soaring malnutrition, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 24, 2024.

Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks, WFP official says

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) - The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme said on Wednesday. "We are getting closer by the ...

Boston Scientific raises annual profit forecast on strong demand for heart devices

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(Reuters) - Medical device maker Boston Scientific raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday as the company banks on resilient demand for its heart devices, with post-pandemic elective surgical procedures picking up pace. The company now ...

King of Jordan Abdullah II speaks while making a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 16 February 2024. YOAN VALAT/Pool via

Jordan's king issues decree to hold parliamentary election, state TV says

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AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah issued a royal decree on Wednesday announcing that a parliamentary election will be held, state TV said. Under the constitution, the multi-party election is usually held within four months of the end of a ...

Palestinians rest at the rubble of a residential building destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024.

Some Palestinians forced to flee homes as Israel pounds northern Gaza

Nidal al-Mughrabi |Updated just now |3 min read

By Nidal al-Mughrabi (Reuters) - Some Palestinian civilians were fleeing their homes in northern Gaza on Wednesday just weeks after returning because of an Israeli bombardment which they said was as intense as at the start of the war. Much of ...

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks during a briefing about the bipartisan infrastructure law at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2022.

US sets plan for 12 offshore wind auctions over five years

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(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration unveiled plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen auctions of offshore wind development rights through 2028, including four before the end of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and ...

Graduating cadets toss their hats into the air at the end of the 2023 graduation ceremony at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, U.S., May 27, 2023.

Need a US hotel for Graduation Day? Good luck

Chris Taylor |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you think getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert or the World Series is tough, try booking a hotel room in an American college town for Graduation Day. Toni Milbourne faced this before her daughter's ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump listens as his lawyer Todd Blanche argues with Judge Juan Merchan (not seen) during a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, at a court in New York, U.S., February 15, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche draws judge's ire as historic trial gets underway

Andrew Goudsward, Luc Cohen |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

By Luc Cohen and Andrew Goudsward NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche took a risk giving up a plush career at a New York law firm to become the first attorney in history to defend a former U.S. president at a criminal trial, ...

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks with his attorney Todd Blanche, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024.

Trump hush money trial: what we've learned so far

Andy Sullivan, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

By Andy Sullivan, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York on criminal charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before ...

People walk around the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., December 29, 2023.

S&P, Nasdaq futures advance on tech boost, earnings cheer

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(Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures gained on Wednesday on a growth stocks boost as investors lauded upbeat earnings from megacap Tesla and awaited economic data due later this week for clues on the U.S. central bank's interest-rate ...