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By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fighting in Sudan eased overnight after the army and a rival paramilitary force agreed to a three-day truce, allowing more Sudanese to flee on Tuesday and foreign countries to extract citizens. However, the World Health Organization said there was a “high risk of biological hazard” in the capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized a national laboratory holding measles and cholera pathogens and […]

By Hilary Russ and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) – McDonald’s global comparable sales rose 12.6% in the first quarter, it said on Tuesday, blasting past Wall Street estimates as the burger chain banked on higher menu prices and more customer visits. Sales also rose by the same 12.6% for all of McDonald’s Corp’s geographical segments. Analyst had expected an 8.54% rise globally, according to Refinitiv IBES data. The Chicago-based company […]

(Reuters) – Biogen Inc on Tuesday beat expectations for quarterly profit on strong sales of spinal muscular atrophy drug Spinraza, but said it would pause or discontinue some studies to cut costs. At least four studies testing stroke and gene therapies and eye disorder treatment will be discontinued or put on hold to reduce research-related expenses, Biogen said in a statement. Excluding items, Biogen earned $3.40 per share, beating estimates […]

(Corrects April 24 story to fix name spelling in fourth section to Mahmood, not Mahmoud) By Naomi Rovnick, Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -As calm returns to markets roiled by banking havoc in March, it’s time to reflect on the policy response. The International Monetary Fund has warned of a “perilous combination of vulnerabilities” in markets. The Bank of International Settlements says for the first time since World […]

By Naomi Rovnick, Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – As calm returns to markets roiled by banking havoc in March, it’s time to reflect on the policy response. The International Monetary Fund has warned of a “perilous combination of vulnerabilities” in markets. The Bank of International Settlements says for the first time since World War Two that central banks are dealing with surging inflation coinciding with very high […]

By Naomi Rovnick, Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – As calm returns to markets roiled by banking havoc in March, it’s time to reflect on the policy response. The International Monetary Fund has warned of a “perilous combination of vulnerabilities” in markets. The Bank of International Settlements says for the first time since World War Two that central banks are dealing with surging inflation coinciding with very high […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights office spokesperson said on Tuesday that Singapore is poised to carry out a hanging for a drug offence, urging it to refrain from doing so. “The UN Human Rights Office has received information concerning the imminent hanging of Tangaraju Suppiah for allegedly using his phone to coordinate trafficking of cannabis,” said Ravina Shamdasani at a U.N. briefing. “We have concerns around due […]

By Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest U.S. president ever, another four years in office. Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team, in which he […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Here are some facts about the civil lawsuit going to trial on Tuesday brought by former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against former U.S. President Donald Trump, whom she accuses of rape. TRUMP ACCUSED OF RAPE Carroll has accused Trump of having sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Midtown Manhattan in late 1995 […]