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Pfizer buying Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4B deal
Pfizer is buying sickle cell drug maker Global Blood Therapeutics in an approximately $5.4 billion deal as it looks to accelerate growth after its...
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Hungary fines Ryanair over raising prices to cope with tax
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary accused Ryanair of consumer protection violations and fined it more than three-quarters of a million euros after...
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Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers
A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers,...
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Ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AP) — The first of the ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies amid the threat of a global food crisis arrived at...
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Global stocks up after US job gain paves way for rate hike
BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks gained Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest rate hikes and Chinese exports rose by...
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Japan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23.4 billion loss in the April-June quarter as the value of its investments sank...
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Thai pub owner charged in connection with deadly blaze
BANGKOK (AP) — The owner of a music pub in eastern Thailand where a fire last week killed 15 people and injured more than three dozen others was...
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As summer wanes, water crisis looms for east Ukrainian city
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public...
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Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted, gutted buildings along Main Street, an incongruous...
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Not so fast: California's last nuke plant might run longer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the...
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Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city’s leader said Monday.
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Asian stocks mixed after US job gain paves way for rate hike
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest rate hikes and China reported its...
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China finds more COVID cases after locking down beach resort
BEIJING (AP) — Another 259 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, where some 80,000 tourists have...
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Brad Pitt's 'Bullet Train' pulls into station with $30.1M
NEW YORK (AP) — The stylized action romp starring Brad Pitt, arrived with a $30.1 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday,...
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What's in Democrats' big bill? Climate, health care, savings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not as robust as the $4 trillion proposal President Joe Biden once envisioned to and the Democrats' compromise of health care,...
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China July exports rise, with trade surplus at record-high
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth continued to rise in July, sending trade surplus to a record high, according to government data.