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ASHGABAT (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated a permanent embassy in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan on Thursday, establishing his country’s closest diplomatic presence to Iran, as Israel seeks to strengthen ties with Tehran’s neighbours. Although the countries established diplomatic ties 30 years ago, there has only been a temporary embassy in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, and the predominantly Muslim Turkmenistan still has no embassy in Israel. […]

By Estelle Shirbon and Alexander Winning (Reuters) -Vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India is holding talks on fill-finishing Oxford University’s R21 malaria vaccine in Ghana, which approved the shot this month, a Ghanaian vaccine expert said on Thursday. Fill-finishing is one of the final stages of drug manufacturing and packaging. The vaccine’s approval by Ghana and Nigeria was unusual because final-stage trial data has not yet been published and the […]

By Estelle Shirbon and Alexander Winning (Reuters) -Vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India is holding talks on fill-finishing Oxford University’s R21 malaria vaccine in Ghana, which approved the shot this month, a Ghanaian vaccine expert said on Thursday. Fill-finishing is one of the final stages of drug manufacturing and packaging. The vaccine’s approval by Ghana and Nigeria was unusual because final-stage trial data has not yet been published and the […]

(Reuters) – The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has maintained its ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes participating in international tournaments, the governing body said on Thursday. The BWF first banned Russian and Belarusian athletes in March last year after Russia invaded Ukraine, initially using its ally Belarus as a staging ground in what Russia called a “special military operation”. The BWF’s decision comes despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommending […]

BENGALURU (Reuters) -HCLTech, India’s No.3 IT services exporter, on Thursday forecast lower-than-expected revenue growth for the current fiscal amid worries of recession in major markets like the United States and Europe and global banking turmoil. HCLTech said it expects revenue to increase 6%-8% in the financial year ending March 2024 on constant currency basis, missing average analysts’ estimates of 10.42%, according to Refinitiv IBES data. HCLTech’s weak outlook followed disappointing […]

By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run lithium company is examining a geothermal extraction method of the white metal, its Chief Executive Pablo Taddei said in a panel Wednesday, looking to complement the primary method of extracting the metal from clay-based deposits. “We’re also exploring – and I think really great synergies are going to come out of this – the geothermal method,” Taddei said. One potential area […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has received an independent report into allegations of bullying against Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and is considering his response, Sunak’s spokesperson said on Thursday. The review was requested by Raab in November following formal complaints about his behaviour by government officials, and lawyer Adam Tolley was appointed by Sunak to lead an independent investigation. “The prime minister has received the report […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has received an independent report into allegations of bullying against Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and is considering his response, Sunak’s spokesperson said on Thursday. The review was requested by Raab in November following formal complaints about his behaviour by government officials, and lawyer Adam Tolley was appointed by Sunak to lead an independent investigation. “The prime minister has received the report […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal’s title pursuit has entered choppy waters but they have the perfect opportunity to steady the ship when they host the Premier League’s bottom club Southampton on Friday with a seven-point lead up for grabs. With a first championship since 2004 glinting on the horizon, Mikel Arteta’s side have displayed signs of nerves in the past two weeks as they twice squandered two-goal leads […]