By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – The conflict in Sudan hit the two-month mark on Thursday with no sign of a resolution as diplomatic peace efforts hit roadblocks and the risk of a broader ethnic war rises. Fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which a U.S. diplomat earlier…
ROME (Reuters) -Generali will buy out the Spanish unit of U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual for 2.3 billion euros ($2.51 billion), in a move aimed at strengthening its property and casualty segment, Italy’s top insurer said on Thursday. “Generali is acquiring a profitable insurance business in three growing European markets with very attractive characteristics, that will…
By David Lawder MANDEVILLE, Jamaica (Reuters) -World Bank President Ajay Banga wants to focus on improving the development lender so that he can earn the right to press member countries for more capital, as the new chief looks to expand its role in fighting climate change, pandemics and other crises. Banga said in an interview…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The American Medical Association (AMA) on Wednesday said it will advise doctors to pay less attention to body mass index (BMI) in determining if a patient is at a healthy weight, saying the measure does not predict disease risk equally well across racial and ethnic groups. BMI, a ratio of…
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested on charges they threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic that provides abortions and other services in Southern California last year, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Chance Brannon, a 23-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton base…
By Bhanvi Satija and Leroy Leo (Reuters) -Health insurer stocks dropped sharply on Wednesday after UnitedHealth Group said its costs were on the rise due to an increase in surgeries among older adults. Shares of UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. healthcare provider by market value, closed down 6.4% at $459.86, wiping out roughly $29 billion from…
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska WARSAW (Reuters) – Abortion rights supporters marched through several cities in Poland on Wednesday after the death of a pregnant woman whose family believe she could have survived if she had been offered a termination. Protesters chanted “stop killing us” as they marched through the capital Warsaw towards the health ministry headquarters,…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday partly revived a shareholder lawsuit against Prudential Financial Inc alleging the insurer concealed a shortfall with its individual life insurance policy reserves in 2019. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said investors had a plausible claim the insurer falsely downplayed mortality among policyholders…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -California’s Upside Foods said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the label on its cell-cultivated chicken, making it the second company in the United States to secure that approval. Several companies are seeking approval from U.S. regulators for cultivated meat and fish products, hoping…
By Emilio Parodi and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -Italy bade farewell to four-times prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday at a funeral befitting the business tycoon’s colourful life, with mourners bellowing football chants and politicians arguing over a day of national mourning. Crowds waving the flags of the AC Milan soccer club Berlusconi used to…
