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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. There were 6,050 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Friday, continuing a sharp upward trend since a lull last year. At a meeting to review the degree […]

(Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc and Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday they were discontinuing a late-stage study of Keytruda plus Lenvima for treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, as the trial did not show improvement in overall survival. The decision to discontinue was based on the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee after an interim analysis, the companies said. They also said another late-stage trial […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s national champion women’s basketball team will accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House. University spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed LSU’s intentions on the matter on Thursday, a day after Tigers star forward Angel Reese suggested during a podcast interview that her team should celebrate their title with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama rather than President Joe Biden […]

(Reuters) – Paramount Global is exploring selling a majority stake in its online learning service for children, Noggin, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation. (Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – April 7 (Reuters) – Russian forces have very likely seized the centre of the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian forces to the west, British intelligence said. FIGHTING * Asked to comment on the report, a Ukrainian military command spokesman told Reuters the situation was difficult in Bakhmut and that Russian forces were concentrating all efforts to […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces have very likely seized the centre of the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian forces to the west, British intelligence said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday his troops would pull back from the small city, which has been the main focus of Russia’s assault on Ukraine for months, […]

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus deliveries fell by 11% on an industrial basis to 127 jets in the first quarter, underscoring pressure on global supply chains, industry sources told Reuters. Deliveries were down 11% from 142 physical deliveries in the same period last year, or down 9% compared with an adjusted year-ago total of 140. Airbus last year clawed back two deliveries to reflect Western sanctions on Russia. Also […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two Israelis were killed on Friday in a shooting attack on their car in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said. The attack came with Israel on high alert in Jerusalem after a day of violence along the Lebanese and Gaza borders. Israel’s military said soldiers had arrived at the scene of a reported car crash between Israeli and Palestinian vehicles near the Jewish settlement of Hamra […]

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Bayern Munich’s shock German Cup exit to Freiburg highlighted their current lack of form, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday, as he demanded more bite when they face them again in the league on Saturday with Manchester City awaiting next week. The league leaders suffered a 2-1 home loss to Freiburg on Tuesday to crash out of the German Cup in the last eight, with the […]