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By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the weekend, was also linked with a return to Barcelona, but the Spanish club have had […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Novartis’ soon to be spun off generics division Sandoz is expected to expand its pipeline and generate an additional $3 billion in net sales over the next five years, the Swiss group said on Thursday. The company intends to carve out Sandoz, which sells generics and biosimilars – cheap versions of biologic drugs made from living organisms – and generated about $9 billion in sales last year, […]

Will Benson crushed his first career home run in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Cincinnati Reds another stunning win over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-6 on Wednesday night. After TJ Hopkins drew a leadoff walk in a tie game, Benson sent a 2-2 cutter from Evan Phillips 420 feet deep into the right field bleachers. The long ball capped Benson’s 48th major league game over two seasons. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Novartis’ soon to be spun off generics division Sandoz is expected to expand its pipeline and generate an additional $3 billion in net sales over the next five years, the Swiss group said on Thursday. The company intends to carve out Sandoz, which sells generics and biosimilars – cheap versions of biologic drugs made from living organisms – and generated about $9 billion in sales last year, […]

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has viewed a lot of top-notch performances from the club’s star tandem of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. So he didn’t have any trouble assessing their efforts in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “By far their greatest performance as a duo in their seven years together,” Malone said. Jokic produced a historic stat line of 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, and Murray […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea pledged support for its chip sector on Thursday, with President Yoon Suk Yeol describing competition in the industry as an “all-out war” amid heightened U.S.-China tensions. Earlier in the day, Yoon met with about 60 industry leaders, lawmakers and ministers to discuss how to maintain South Korea’s lead in memory chips, foster development of system semiconductors, and secure materials, equipment and labour. “Geopolitical issues have […]

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Clashes erupted after Israeli forces mounted a rare raid into the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, in what the military said was an operation to demolish the house of an assailant. A Reuters witness said a large military convoy arrived in downtown Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian government, leading hundreds of Palestinians to gather […]

By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices dipped on Thursday as demand concerns tied to a global economic slowdown overshadowed a pending fall in supply with Saudi Arabia’s pledged output cuts. Brent crude futures fell 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $76.74 a barrel at 0415 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures eased 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $72.32 a barrel. Both benchmarks settled up by about 1% on […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Another day, another surprise hike. After the Reserve Bank of Australia’s surprise earlier this week, it was the Bank of Canada’s turn to stun markets with a 25 basis-point hike that led traders to dial back expectations of the U.S. Federal Reserve standing pat next week and sweat over the policy outlook. Broader consensus is that […]