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By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – Germany’s Merck KGaA said it expects earnings growth of up to 9% this year, mainly driven by drugmakers’ demand for its laboratory gear business, but flagged risks related to lockdown measures in China. In a statement on Th…

By Amy Tennery (Reuters) – Four-times major winner Naomi Osaka is breaking away from IMG to launch her own sports agency with longtime agent Stuart Duguid. Duguid and Osaka began discussing the venture at the Tokyo Olympics last year, Duguid told Reute…

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday that he was not keen to retake the helm of the social media company, hinting at his limited involvement if Elon Musk manages to successfully close the takeover deal. Dorsey, who currently…

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly tr…

LONDON (Reuters) – The gloom among people in Britain over their personal finances hit a fresh all-time low in April, according to a survey which added to signs of how households are struggling to cope with a cost-of-living crisis. The monthly consumer …

By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower and Treasury yields fell in Wednesday’s volatile session as oil prices rallied and investors worried about the potential for an economic slowdown. U.S. equity indexes had trad…

LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose in April at the fastest rate since June 2021 as demand again outstripped the number of homes for sale but surveyors trimmed their expectations for future price rises as inflation pressures intensify. The Roy…

(Reuters) -The attorney-general for England and Wales, Suella Braverman, has approved the scrapping of large parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal, The Times reported on Wednesday. Braverman has advised that legislation to override the Northern Ire…

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is examining a Russian announcement that it is imposing sanctions on parts of Gazprom Germania, the former German unit of Russian gas producer Gazprom, a spokesperson of the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday, adding it had n…

JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -A prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with Palestinians and the news channel accusing Israel of killing her and Israel’s leader sayi…