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By Maria Cheng OTTAWA, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The Canadian government will introduce a new bill on Tuesday to allow people to request being euthanized at a later date when they have lost the mental capacity to make that decision, in a potential further expansion of one of the world’s most liberal assisted dying programs.  • Justice Minister Sean Fraser said the new legislation will allow adults to consent to […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter signed a contract extension through the 2030-31 season on Tuesday. The deal announced by the school includes increased annual compensation plus retention and performance bonuses. Painter, 56, owns a 501-224 record entering his 22nd season with the Boilermakers. The Purdue alumnus has guided the program to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances — including the last […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Packers center Sean Rhyan likely will be sidelined at least a month with a high-ankle sprain, CBS Sports reported Tuesday. Rhyan, 26, sustained the injury during the first quarter of Sunday’s 20-17 loss at Detroit and did not return to the game. Rhyan has started every game at center this season for Green Bay and has not missed a game […]

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A group of 37 suspected illegal miners died in detention in Nigeria as a result of severe overcrowding, poor ventilation and neglect, according to a government investigation into their deaths. The investigating committee, set up after the deaths last month sparked outrage in Nigeria, rejected earlier claims by officials that an outbreak of disease was to blame and called for compensation for […]

ZURICH, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Swiss AI start-up Atlast Bio, which runs drug trials on virtual patients, has received $12.5 million in funding led by Swedish venture capital firm Creandum, an early backer of Spotify and Trade Republic, the company said on Tuesday.  • Atlas Bio is aiming to replace Phase II drug trials, which it says cost more than $100 million, take two to three years and see about 70% […]

DUBAI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Iran needs to show good intentions for mediation efforts to succeed, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, after a delegation from the Gulf Arab country visited Tehran earlier this week in an effort to de-escalate regional tensions in coordination with the United States. A spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry told a press briefing that Iran should stop threats against Arab Gulf states and open the […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Sales of new US single-family homes fell in September, partially reversing the prior month’s jump, as higher mortgage rates because of the Middle East conflict depressed demand. New home sales slipped 0.6% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 676,000 units last month, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Tuesday. Data for August was revised lower to show sales rising to a rate of […]

By John Revill and Oliver Hirt ZURICH, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Syngenta’s advisers are targeting a valuation of at least $66 billion in the Swiss-Chinese agrochemicals group’s planned Hong Kong listing, which is likely to take place early next year, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. UBS and China International Capital Corp (CICC) are marketing the Basel-based maker of seeds and crop-protection products at 15 to 20 times […]

By Anton Zverev LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A Russian IT specialist has been sentenced to 13 years in jail on charges of financing terrorism after the cryptocurrency exchange Binance passed details to Moscow of his donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns. The 2nd Western District Military Court on Monday convicted 49-year-old Yuri Belenkiy and sentenced him to three years in prison plus 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony, according […]