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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi photographers after they attended an awards ceremony in New York, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday. The incident occurred after they left the Ms. Foundation for Women on Tuesday night where Meghan was honoured for her work. “Last night, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms […]

By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s two top election winning parties are working to overcome the built-in advantage for a military-backed bloc and form a government that they say must reflect the will of voters who want to end the long military domination of politics. They face coalition talks that could take weeks or months and ultimately their success is not guaranteed – and that is assuming […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins improperly used her position at the Justice Department to try to influence the outcome of a local district attorney election by leaking negative and non-public information about a political rival, the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Rami Ayyub) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Former Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart was forced out of the race on stage 11 on Wednesday after crashing heavily on a slippery descent with around 70km remaining. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, who won the Giro in 2020, was riding with his team mates including overall leader Geraint Thomas who also hit the deck but managed to continue. British rider Geoghegan Hart, third in the overall standings, […]

(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator’s staff reviewers on Wednesday raised various safety concerns from using Intercept Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for a type of fatty liver disease, dragging the drugmaker’s shares 27% lower in early trade. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) briefing document highlighted increased risk of diabetes and liver injury from using the obeticholic acid (OCA) oral tablets for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). “During the course of […]

(Reuters) – Cloud-computing firm ServiceNow Inc said on Wednesday it would invest $1 billion in its venture arm by 2026 to back enterprise software-focused startups in artificial intelligence and automation, among others. The investment in ServiceNow Ventures comes at a time when funding for early-stage technology companies has dried up due to rising interest rates and high inflation. Since its inception in 2015, the venture arm has invested about $300 […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s opposition parties, which defeated their military-allied rivals in this week’s election, met for coalition talks on Wednesday as the liberal Move Forward Party, which won the most votes, looked to form a government. Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat was seen greeting senior officials from five other parties at a Bangkok restaurant before ushering them upstairs for closed-door talks. Sunday’s vote saw Move Forward come in first ahead […]

By Kate Holton and Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain left the European Union. Stellantis, the world’s No. 3 carmaker by sales and owner of 14 brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat told […]

By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -Ford on Wednesday called for post-Brexit EU trade requirements on rules of origin for electric vehicles (EVs) to delayed until 2027 from 2024, saying tariffs will add pointless costs for consumers and slow the transition to electric. “Ford is calling for current trade requirements to be extended to 2027, to allow time for the battery supply chain to develop in Europe and to meet EV […]