(Reuters) – Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was indicted on Tuesday for his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is not the only person to face prosecution over efforts to undo his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. election. Numerous people have been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Some big U.S. pork producers that have spent money to comply with a California law requiring more living space for certain farm animals are lukewarm about legislation proposed in the U.S. Congress that would overturn the state law. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), the pork industry trade group, supports the…
LONDON (Reuters) – An American man who allegedly faked his own death but was identified in hospital by his tattoos can be extradited from Scotland to the United States, a court ruled on Wednesday, with the final decision due to be taken by Scottish ministers. Edinburgh Sheriff Court ruled that there was no legal barrier…
(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners said on Wednesday it intends to jointly acquire Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines with Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) for $1.8 billion, in an effort to become the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler by revenue and volumes. The deal to buy Coca-Cola’s Philippines business in cash will be on 60:40 ownership structure between CCEP…
(Reuters) -Humana’s second-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as a lower-than-expected spike in non-urgent medical procedures helped keep a check on the health insurer’s costs, sending shares nearly 6% higher in morning trade. Insurers have reported better-than-expected medical costs despite warnings from Humana and UnitedHealth – the two biggest providers of Medicare Advantage…
(Corrects to clarify that new model will only be sold as hybrid in North America in paragraph 3) TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota on Wednesday unveiled the first hybrid version of its Land Cruiser that it will bring to North America and other key markets as it seeks to put a high-margin and iconic sports utility…
(Reuters) – Evergrande Property Services Group Ltd said on Wednesday it had applied to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to resume trading of the company’s shares from Aug. 3. Shares of the company, the property services unit of China Evergrande Group, have been suspended from trading since March 21, 2022, after being sucked into a…
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Wednesday introduced its open-source AI tool called AudioCraft that will help users to create music and audio based on text prompts. The AI tool is bundled with three models, AudioGen, EnCodec and MusicGen, and works for music, sound, compression and generation, Meta said. MusicGen is trained using company-owned and specifically…
LONDON (Reuters) -The British public’s expectations for future inflation fell in July, U.S. bank Citi said on Wednesday, offering some relief to the Bank of England which is expected to announce its 14th back-to-back interest rate increase on Thursday. Public expectations for inflation in 12 months’ time fell sharply to 4.3% from 5.0% in June,…
By Manuel Ausloos and Antonio Denti PARIS/ROME (Reuters) – Military planes carrying hundreds of European nationals evacuated from Niger landed in Paris and Rome on Wednesday as France and Italy fly their citizens out of the West African country after a coup last week. Those arriving in Rome included 21 U.S. citizens, a number of…
