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BEIJING, Oct 27 (Reuters) – China is highly concerned about conflicts in the Middle East and surrounding regions and Beijing will send an envoy to the relevant countries in the near future, foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a daily press conference on Tuesday. Guo called on related parties to resolve differences through dialogue and negotiation and also expressed concerns about the spillover and transmitting of the Middle East conflict to […]

By Melanie Burton SYDNEY, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The European Union expects a wave of investment into the Australian critical minerals sector as it pushes to diversify its supply chain away from China, the bloc’s ambassador to Australia Lawrence Meredith said on Tuesday.  Australia and the European Union struck a free trade agreement in March ​after eight years of negotiations, removing tariffs on almost all goods and easing EU access […]

NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who was charged with treason last year, has started a hunger strike to protest his inability to access his lawyers, his party said. Lissu, who leads the CHADEMA opposition party and came second in the 2020 presidential election, began refusing food on Monday after his lawyers were denied entry to the prison where he is being held, party spokesperson Brenda […]

Oct 27 (Reuters) – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 10,000, government data showed on Tuesday.  The latest situation report from the public health institute put the number of cases at 10,060. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina; editing by Barbara Lewis) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

ZURICH, Oct 27 (Reuters) – UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti said on Tuesday his bank’s integration of fallen rival Credit Suisse, which it acquired in 2023, forced it to slow its deployment of AI somewhat, but now the lender can put even more emphasis on technology. Ermotti, who was speaking at an event at the ETH university in Zurich, also said the bank was not allowing any outside AI agents to […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Donovan Mitchell hit a tiebreaking midrange jumper with 48 seconds left in overtime as the host Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from a 15-point deficit to defeat the previously unbeaten Minnesota Timberwolves 127-125 on Monday night. Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards missed a wide-open 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds remaining that could have tied the game. Peyton Watson grabbed the rebound and made two […]

Oct 27 (Reuters) – Cipla, India’s third-largest drugmaker by revenue, missed second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, as muted sales of generic Revlimid and stiff competition weighed on its US business. The company’s consolidated net profit fell to 8.78 billion rupees ($92.2 million) in the quarter ended September 30, from 13.51 billion rupees a year ago. Analysts, on average, had expected profit to fall to 9.42 billion rupees, according to data […]

NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – At least 60 people were killed in two separate attacks in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Oromiya region in the past week, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church said. Church authorities said the dead were all Christians, but did not go into details on how they died or who was behind the attacks. The Oromiya regional government and a source linked to a rebel alliance fighting government forces in the […]

Oct 27 (Reuters) – GSK expects to nearly double the number of cancer medicines it is testing in clinical trials next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing an interview with a scientist at the British drugmaker. (Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com