Exclusive-Trump, longtime admirer of Putin, says aborted mutiny ‘somewhat weakened’ Russian leader

By Steve Holland and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday Putin has been “somewhat weakened” by an aborted mutiny and that now is the time for the United States to try to broker a negotiated peace settlement between Russia and…

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Exclusive-US, Dutch set to hit China’s chipmakers with one-two punch

By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The United States and the Netherlands are set to deliver a one-two punch to China’s chipmakers this summer by further restricting sales of chipmaking equipment, part of the countries’ ongoing effort to prevent their technology from being used to strengthen China’s military. While the Dutch are planning to curb certain equipment…

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Hold the Ozempic before surgery, US doctors say

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – People taking popular diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy or Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro should temporarily stop taking them before having elective surgery to avoid possible serious complications, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) said on Thursday. The group has received anecdotal reports from…

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US FDA approves BioMarin’s gene therapy for hemophilia A

By Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, the company said, giving patients with the inherited bleeding disorder an alternative to regular injections of missing blood proteins. It priced the one-time therapy, Roctavian, at $2.9 million. Pivotal trial results showed that Roctavian…

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Volkswagen in talks with Tesla to adopt its charging standard

(Reuters) -Volkswagen is in talks with Tesla to adopt its North American Charging Standard (NACS) technology, while the German automaker’s charging network unit Electrify America has already agreed to use the system. The announcement comes as a slew of automakers and charging equipment makers choose Tesla’s charging design on concerns of losing out on customers…

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Google to block news in Canada over law on paying publishers

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers. Alphabet-owned Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law…

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Blinken says hard work remains to reach peace deal as Armenia-Azerbaijan talks end

By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said hard work remains to reach a final agreement to end the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, as talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan’s foreign ministers hosted by Washington ended on Thursday. Blinken, who posed for a photograph with Armenian Foreign…

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S&P 500 ends higher, Treasury yields touch three-month high on solid US economic data

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 advanced on Thursday and benchmark Treasury yields hit their highest level since early March as robust economic data helped ease recession fears but increased the odds of the Fed keeping its restrictive policy in place for longer than expected. Financials led the gainers after the…

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