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(Reuters) – GSK said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted file acceptance for its cancer drug, Jemperli, when combined with chemotherapy to treat adult patients with certain types of endometrial cancer. (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s production of winter crops is set to fall from record highs, with wheat output seen declining more than 30%, the country’s agricultural department said, as forecasters predict dryness due to the El Nino weather pattern. Australia is the world’s second largest wheat exporter, supplying mainly to buyers in Asia, including China, Indonesia and Japan. Total Australian winter crop production is forecast to fall by […]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Emirates President Tim Clark said on Tuesday the airline may order more Airbus A350, Boeing 777X or 787 jets as the Dubai-based carrier looks ahead to demand through the 2030s. “We are looking at both more A350s, more 777-9 and possibly the 787 range,” Tim Clark told reporters on the sidelines of a global airlines meeting. He declined to discus the number of aircraft involved. “All I will […]

(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukrainian troops on Monday after his top ground commander said the country’s forces continued to move forward near the long-contested city of Bakhmut in northern Donetsk. “I am grateful to each of our soldiers, to all our defenders, men and women, who have given us today the news have been waiting for. Well done, soldiers in the Bakhmut sector!” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video […]

By Laurie Chen and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Meetings between senior U.S. and Chinese officials in China this week struck an upbeat chord, with both sides agreeing to maintain communication lines, even as Beijing remains leery of more “provocative” U.S. moves and open clashes are still a risk. Statements from Washington and Beijing on meetings between Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is expecting a severe dry season from the impact of the El Nino weather pattern, threatening harvests and raising the risks of forest fires, the head of its weather agency said on Tuesday. “Looking at the data we have, El Nino started in June and will affect almost all of Indonesia and worsen until September,” said Dwikorita Karnawati, head of the BMKG, Indonesia’s meteorological, climatological and […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Associated British Foods, the owner of Primark and major sugar, foods and ingredients businesses, said it would buy dairy technology company National Milk Records for 48 million pounds ($59.7 million) to boost its agri-food unit. While it is best known for the value fashion retailer Primark which makes up almost half of its 17 billion pounds of revenue, AB Foods is also one of the largest UK food […]

By Andrea Shalal and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday recent dangerous encounters between U.S. and Chinese forces in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a growing aggressiveness by Beijing’s military that raises the risk of an error in which “somebody gets hurt.” Washington’s sharply worded warning followed the U.S. Navy’s release on Sunday of a video of what it called an “unsafe […]

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates by a quarter-point to an 11-year high, and warned that further tightening may be required to ensure that inflation returns to target. The hawkish message sent the local dollar surging and bond yields spiking, as markets quickly moved to price in an above even chance of a further rate increase next month. Wrapping up its June policy […]