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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour Party would pledge to improve ambulance response times and shorten waits for emergency treatment if they are in government, leader Keir Starmer said on Monday as he set out his party’s vision for the health service. Starmer’s Labour has a double-digit poll lead over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party ahead of an election expected next year, and Sunak has said cutting hospital waiting lists […]

(Reuters) – Soccer governing body FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino expressed his support for Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr after he called LaLiga and Spain “racist” after receiving racial slurs from fans in Sunday’s game at Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium. Vinicius Jr pointed out the fans who were insulting him, leading to the match being paused for 10 minutes, and then got into an altercation with Valencia’s players which led to him […]

(Reuters) -Oculis Holding said on Monday its drug to treat a type of eye disorder met its main goal in a late-stage study, sending its shares up about 15% in premarket trading. The company is testing the drug, ‍OCS-01​, to treat diabetic macular edema which is a leading cause of blindness in patients with diabetes. Patients treated with the drug showed strong visual gain compared to a vehicle, which is […]

(Reuters) -Ford Motor Co on Monday unveiled three deals for the supply of lithium products, including lithium hydroxide, as the automaker ramps up electric vehicle (EV) production to 2 million units by the end of 2026. Shares of the company, which is holding a “Capital markets” event later in the day, edged up about 1% before the bell. The deals come as North American automakers race to secure supplies of […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Seven bodies were recovered from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the central Indian Ocean, according to state media on Monday, days after China President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search to rescue and recover missing crew members. Several countries, including Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Maldives, and the Philippines, joined in rescue efforts for 39 missing crew members after the Chinese distant-water fishing vessel […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission expects to finalise a data transfer pact with the United States by summer, a spokesman said on Monday after the Irish privacy regulator gave Meta Platforms five months to stop transferring users’ data across the Atlantic. “We expect this data protection framework between the EU and the U.S. to be fully functionable by the summer. This will guarantee stability and legal certainty,” a Commission […]

By Angeliki Koutantou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday he will not seek to form a coalition government following this weekend’s election, paving the way for a second vote in June he hopes his conservative party will win outright. New Democracy won 40.8% of the vote versus 20.1% for the leftist Syriza, in a stunning boost for Mitsotakis, who has had to deal […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the European Union agreed on Monday to launch a strategic dialogue between its top diplomats to boost security cooperation, a joint statement said. The joint statement came after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held a summit in Seoul with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies) Brought to you […]

By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Delhi High Court issued a summons to British broadcaster BBC on Monday in a defamation case over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The suit was filed on the basis that the documentary “maliciously defamed India”, said Siddharth Sharma, an advocate for Gujarat-based non-profit Justice on Trial that filed the suit. Sharma said […]