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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. The exchange was a rare bout of public disagreement between the two close allies and signals building friction between Israel and the U.S. over Netanyahu’s judicial changes, which he postponed after massive protests. Asked […]

ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s flagship airline, Air Astana, is speeding up its expansion plans to take advantage of a drop in air traffic via Russia and the reopening of China, chief executive Peter Foster told Reuters. Many global airlines stopped flights to Russia after it invaded Ukraine last year. As a result, Moscow has lost its status as a hub for flights between Europe and Asia, allowing its southern neighbour […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The boss of European budget carrier Ryanair said on Wednesday attractive discounts remained the key to securing a new plane deal with Boeing <BA.N after the two sides resumed talks following an 18-month hiatus over jet prices. Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters that Ryanair was looking at two models: the roughly 200-seat 737 MAX 8200, which is already “performing well,” and the larger 737 MAX 10, […]

By Martin Petty (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military is forging ahead with plans to hold an election, despite conflict raging across the country in the wake of a coup two years ago and major parties unable or unwilling to take part. WHY HOLD AN ELECTION AFTER STAGING A COUP? The army has ruled Myanmar for five of the past six decades and in the 10 years prior to the coup […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Credit Suisse violated a 2014 plea deal with U.S. authorities by continuing to help ultra-wealthy Americans evade taxes and concealing more than $700 million from the government, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee found on Wednesday. After concluding a two-year investigation into Credit Suisse – which this month agreed to a rescue takeover by rival UBS – the committee said it had uncovered “major violations” of the 2014 agreement […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter use of Emergent BioSolutions Inc’s Narcan, making it the first opioid overdose reversal drug to be sold nationwide without a prescription. The approval for OTC use of Narcan, Emergent’s naloxone-based nasal spray, will help increase its availability and align the federal government’s stance with states that have provisions to offer the drug without prescription through a pharmacist. […]

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the U.N. agency told Reuters.    A panel of advisers to the WHO will review new requests for drugs to be included next month, with an updated essential medicines list due in September. The request […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter use of Emergent BioSolutions Inc’s Narcan, making it the first opioid overdose reversal drug to be sold nationwide without a prescription. The approval for OTC use of Narcan, Emergent’s naloxone-based nasal spray, will help increase its availability and align the federal government’s stance with states that have provisions to offer the drug without prescription through a pharmacist. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Mining group BHP Group is seeking to delay a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster as it needs more time to prepare, the company’s lawyers said on Wednesday. The world’s biggest miner by market value is being sued by around 720,000 Brazilians over the 2015 collapse of the Fundao dam, owned by the Samarco joint venture it holds with Brazilian […]