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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom issued fresh sanctions on Russia on Friday over its invasion of Ukraine. Here are the main sanctions, announced during a G7 summit in Japan. U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT SANCTIONS The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 22 people and 104 entities with touchpoints in over 20 countries or jurisdictions. It took action to prevent Russia’s evasion of sanctions […]

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil is investigating another four new potential cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds, according to authorities from the state of Espirito Santo, where Brazil’s first ever cases were confirmed this week. After the birds showed symptoms consistent with H5N1, samples were taken from the four, all of them from the Thalasseus acuflavidus species (Cabot’s terns), according to a statement […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia, while a draft communique to be issued after their talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima stressed the need to reduce reliance on trade with China. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE * G7 leaders said they had ensured that Ukraine had the budget support it needs for this year and early 2024. “Today we […]

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AbbVie Inc and Danish drugmaker Genmab’s blood cancer therapy for adult patients who have received at least two prior lines of treatment, the companies said on Friday. The drug, epcoritamab, to be sold under the brand name Epkinly was developed to treat a type of advanced large B-cell lymphoma, a cancer that starts in white blood cells. Epcoritamab belongs to a […]

(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday said former President Barack Obama was among 500 U.S. citizens who would be banned in response to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington. The ministry also said Russia had refused the latest U.S. request for consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March on suspicion of spying. This move was triggered by the U.S. refusal […]

(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday said former President Barack Obama was among 500 U.S. citizens who would be banned in response to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington. The ministry also said Russia had refused the latest U.S. request for consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March on suspicion of spying. This move was triggered by the U.S. refusal […]

By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Caroline Valetkevitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans and President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration on Friday paused talks on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, rattling financial markets as the deadline to avoid default ticked closer. Republicans are pushing for sharp spending cuts in exchange for the increase in the government’s self-imposed borrowing limit, a move needed regularly to cover costs of […]

By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Caroline Valetkevitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans and President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration on Friday paused talks on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, rattling financial markets as the deadline to avoid default ticked closer. Republicans are pushing for sharp spending cuts in exchange for the increase in the government’s self-imposed borrowing limit, a move needed regularly to cover costs of […]

(Reuters) -Samsung Electronics will not change the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft Corp’s Bing any time soon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Samsung has suspended an internal review that explored replacing Google with Bing on its web-browsing app, which comes pre-installed on the company’s smartphones, according to the report. Google and Samsung did not respond to Reuters […]