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By Raghav Mahobe and Mariam Sunny (Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday will discuss Pfizer Inc’s experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine intended to protect infants through six months of age when given to expectant mothers. A positive vote by the panel on the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety would boost its chances of becoming the first available maternal shot to protect babies, who are […]

(Reuters) – Walmart Inc raised its annual sales and profit targets on Thursday as the retail behemoth drew from price-conscious shoppers trading down to cheaper groceries, easing worries of softening consumer spending due to inflation. The top U.S. retailer has been keeping grocery prices low to fend off competition from Target Corp and Kroger even as the industry struggles with higher costs especially for labor. As a result, sales at […]

By Elizabeth Piper KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Valentyna Haras says she isn’t a traitor. Nonetheless, her garden walls in the Ukrainian city of Kherson are covered with graffiti marking her out as a Russian collaborator. “Rashist” – a Ukrainian blend of Russian fascist – is scrawled in red paint. Accusatory “Z”s – symbols of support for Moscow’s war machine – are daubed liberally. Fear and suspicion stalk the streets of […]

(Reuters) -Canada Goose Holdings Inc forecast annual sales above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting that a sharp rebound in key luxury market China would help the luxury winterwear maker ride out a slowdown in U.S. demand. U.S.-listed shares of the company jumped about 6% in premarket trading. A reversal in China’s strict COVID-19 policy has brought consumers back to stores, encouraging wealthy shoppers to snap up everything from Coach […]

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign attempted to set the tone for the battle to come on Thursday, saying the incumbent Democrat will have many roads to victory in 2024. Despite polls showing tepid support for the 80-year-old president who would be 86 by the end of a second term, the Biden campaign saw reason for optimism in 2024. The president will seek to repeat […]

By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) – Central Asian heads of state converged in China’s historic city of Xian on Thursday for one-on-ones with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of “enduring” friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing. The bilaterals set the stage for a group huddle on Friday, the first in-person gathering of the six leaders, where Xi […]

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – McLaren have urged Formula One to change the cost cap rules to help teams promote sustainability without compromising performance. McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown said on Thursday that teams should not have to choose between spending on car performance and sustainability initiatives that were currently included in the cost cap. “We strongly believe in the cost cap and wouldn’t want to see anything that […]

(Adds dropped word “not” in paragraph 7) (Reuters) – A Florida judge ruled in favor of Tiger Woods on Wednesday, rejecting his former girlfriend Erica Herman’s request to nullify a non-disclosure agreement she signed when they began dating in 2017, U.S. media reported, citing court documents. Herman had asked a judge to void the agreement, citing a recent law that limits enforcing such agreements in sexual harassment and assault cases. […]

(Removes extraneous word in paragraph 11) By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) -Central Asian heads of state converged in China’s historic city of Xian on Thursday for one-on-ones with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of “enduring” friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing. The bilaterals set the stage for a group huddle on Friday, the first in-person gathering of […]