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Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's strategy to foster growth in Latin ...
North Korean official lambasts US over sanctions, state media says
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Thursday. "U.S. heinous sanctions served ...
Molina Healthcare beats profit estimates aided by higher premiums
(Reuters) - Molina Healthcare beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, aided by higher premiums in its government-backed Medicaid insurance plans for people with low income. The company also reaffirmed its 2024 outlook, ...
Explainer-Why Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez is taking a break from public duties
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary probe of his wife. Sanchez, ...
‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder
By Aurora Ellis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words “stop arming Israel,” thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that ...
McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say
By Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fueling the opioid epidemic, with federal ...
UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country's rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system. Labour ...
US Air Force narrows list to General Atomics, Anduril to build autonomous aircraft
(Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force (USAF) said on Wednesday that it narrowed down its list to choose General Atomics and Anduril, which will be funded for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test vehicles for the ...
Universal Health Services quarterly results beat on higher hospital admissions
(Reuters) - Universal Health Services on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit aided by higher patient admissions, amid a resurgence in demand for some non-urgent surgeries and easing staff shortages. Shares of the company ...
US to decide by late May whether Boeing violated prosecution deal, sources say
(Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department officials are planning to decide as soon as late May whether Boeing violated an agreement that shielded the planemaker from criminal prosecution over fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, people familiar with the ...