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(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a six-week abortion ban, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed in the state and across the U.S. South. Lawmakers in the Florida House on Thursday approved the six-week ban with a vote of 70-40. The bill passed the state Senate by a vote of 26-13 on April 3. The legislation, which makes exceptions […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined approval for Eli Lilly and Co’s drug to treat a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease in adults, the company said on Thursday. The health regulator cited issues related to the proposed manufacturing of the drug, mirikizumab, with no concerns about the clinical data package, safety, or label for the medicine. The company said it was confident in the […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Photoshop maker Adobe Inc has agreed to pay $3 million to settle U.S. kickback allegations involving federal software sales, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday. The settlement resolves allegations that Adobe made improper payments under its Solution Partner program to companies that had a contractual or other relationship with the government that allowed them to influence federal purchases of Adobe software, […]

By Humeyra Pamuk, Francesco Guarascio and David Brunnstrom HANOI (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Vietnam this week hoping for progress towards upgrading relations with a key trade partner that shares U.S. worries about China’s growing might. For Hanoi, it will be a delicate test: how to show openness to the United States without angering China, a giant neighbor that supplies key inputs for Vietnam’s vital export trade, […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, over the leaks online of classified documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Teixeira “in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information.” […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI on Thursday arrested a member of the U.S. Air National Guard over the leaks online of classified U.S. documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Jack Teixeira “in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information.” “FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this […]

(Reuters) -Britain should take action after a violent incident during protests outside India’s embassy in London last month, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Thursday. New Delhi has been upset about protests and vandalism by Sikh separatists – who seek an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan – outside the Indian High Commission in London and elsewhere in the U.S. and Canada. In a telephone conversation […]

(Reuters) -Britain should take action after a violent incident during protests outside India’s embassy in London last month, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Thursday. New Delhi has been upset about protests and vandalism by Sikh separatists – who seek an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan – outside the Indian High Commission in London and elsewhere in the U.S. and Canada. In a telephone conversation […]

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday as economic data showed cooling inflation and a loosening labor market, fueling optimism that the Federal Reserve could be nearing the end of its aggressive interest rate hike cycle. All three major U.S. stock indexes surged, with interest rate sensitive megacaps providing the most upside muscle and pushing the tech-heavy Nasdaq to its biggest one-day percentage […]