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MILAN (Reuters) -AC Milan took a big step towards their first Champions League semi-final appearance for 16 years as Ismael Bennacer’s goal secured a 1-0 home win over Napoli in the quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. On a rainy night, Serie A leaders Napoli’s first European clash with seven-times European champions Milan was also their first appearance in the quarter-finals of Europe’s most prestigious club competition. “I am above all […]

RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and Syria’s foreign ministers on Wednesday welcomed a thaw in bilateral ties, including steps to resume consular services and flights, and agreed to cooperate to fight drug trafficking and facilitate Syria’s return to the Arab fold.     Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad landed in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on Wednesday in the first visit by a senior Syrian diplomat to the kingdom in […]

RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and Syria’s foreign ministers on Wednesday welcomed a thaw in bilateral ties, including steps to resume consular services and flights, and agreed to cooperate to fight drug trafficking and facilitate Syria’s return to the Arab fold.     Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad landed in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on Wednesday in the first visit by a senior Syrian diplomat to the kingdom in […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Frank Lampard says his Chelsea side can overcome a 2-0 deficit in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid next week, insisting “special things” can happen on European nights at Stamford Bridge. Goals by Karim Benzema and substitute Marco Asensio gave reigning champions Real control in the Spanish capital on Wednesday but Chelsea stayed in the tie despite playing for more than half […]

By Bianca Flowers (Reuters) -Colorado farmers will be able to legally fix their own equipment next year, with manufacturers including Deere & Co obliged to provide them with manuals for diagnostic software and other aids, under a measure passed by legislators in the first U.S. state to approve such a law. The Consumer Right to Repair Agriculture Equipment Act passed 46-14 in Colorado’s Senate late on Tuesday, after winning approval […]

By Bianca Flowers and Pratyush Thakur (Reuters) -Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc said on Wednesday Chief Financial Officer Gina Goetter was leaving the company at the end of April, and toymaker Hasbro Inc said she would take over as its finance chief. Harley issued a statement saying that Vice President, Treasurer David Viney will serve as interim CFO after Goetter’s departure on April 28. Shares of the company were down 2.8% […]

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron Corp CEO Michael Wirth was paid $23.6 million in 2022, a 4% increase from the prior year, according to a securities filing released on Wednesday. Chevron’s profit more than doubled in 2022 from the previous year to a record $36.5 billion due to high energy prices and cost-cutting measures including payroll reductions. The total annual compensation for Chevron’s median employee fell to $161,488 in […]

(Reuters) – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc and CRISPR Therapeutics AG’s one-dose gene editing therapy for sickle cell disease would be cost effective if priced at up to $1.9 million, an influential U.S. drug pricing group said on Wednesday. The two companies are hoping to get approval for the world’s first therapy based on Nobel prize-winning CRISPR technology, for two types of blood disorders – sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta […]

(Reuters) – The judge overseeing the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News said on Wednesday he was imposing a sanction on the network and very likely would investigate whether Fox’s legal team withheld evidence, the New York Times reported. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis issued the sanction after Dominion’s lawyers revealed instances in which Fox’s attorneys did not turn over evidence in a timely […]