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UDINE Italy (Reuters) -Napoli won their third Serie A title, and their first in 33 years, on Thursday after a 1-1 draw at Udinese gave the Naples side an unassailable lead in the standings. Napoli’s triumph ended the city’s long wait for the Scudetto since Argentine great Diego Maradona led them to two championships in 1986-87 and 1989-90. A second-half goal by Victor Osimhen secured Napoli the title with five […]

(Reuters) – Air Canada on Thursday raised its full-year forecast for core profit, citing a stronger-than-anticipated demand environment and lower-than-expected fuel costs. The move comes as easing restrictions spurred leisure and international travel demand, helping carriers to mitigate cost pressures even as rising inflation is making leisure activities more expensive. Canada’s largest carrier said it now expects 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) at about $3.5 […]

MIAMI (Reuters) – George Russell said he has no need to clear the air with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after their Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint clash, or do anything different in the way he races the Formula One champion. Asked by reporters ahead of the Miami Grand Prix on Thursday, the Mercedes driver said he had not discussed the incident in Baku with Verstappen. “I’ll continue racing the same way […]

Pakistan Rejects US Commission Report on Religious Freedom Prime minister’s aide tells The Media Line that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are not being misused against minority groups By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line [Islamabad] Minorities in Pakistan enjoy equal human rights to other citizens and “there is no misuse of the blasphemy laws against them,” Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, a religious cleric and the Pakistani prime minister’s special representative on interfaith […]

(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter loss on Thursday after investors tiptoed back to the strained asset class to hedge their bets against a worsening economic backdrop. The San Francisco-based company’s net loss narrowed to $78.9 million in the three months ended March, from $429.7 million in the year-ago quarter. On a per share basis, the company reported a loss of 34 cents a share, while […]

(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter loss on Thursday after investors tiptoed back to the strained asset class to hedge their bets against a worsening economic backdrop. The San Francisco-based company’s net loss narrowed to $78.9 million in the three months ended March, from $429.7 million in the year-ago quarter. On a per share basis, the company reported a loss of 34 cents a share, while […]

By Julia Harte and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill limiting most abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a sharp drop from the state’s current limit of 20 weeks’ gestation. The state Senate approved the bill 29-20 along party lines, a day after the state House of Representatives passed it in a similar party-line vote. The measure now heads to Democratic […]

By Julia Harte and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill limiting most abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a sharp drop from the state’s current limit of 20 weeks’ gestation. The state Senate approved the bill 29-20 along party lines, a day after the state House of Representatives passed it in a similar party-line vote. The measure now heads to Democratic […]

(Reuters) -Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Thursday it would give suitors for its fixed network until June 9 to improve further their multibillion euros bids for the former phone monopoly’s landline grid, in a final round of offers. TIM directors gathered on Thursday to draw a response to rival non binding approaches for its grid by KKR and a consortium comprising state lender CDP and fund Macquarie, worth, respectively, 21 […]