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By Maggie Fick, Bhanvi Satija and Patricia Weiss LONDON/FRANKFURT, June 10 (Reuters) – Pfizer is reviewing the timing and scope of planned investments in Germany, CEO Albert Bourla said in a letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, citing the government’s policy proposals that would lower drug prices. The letter, dated June 9 and seen by Reuters on Wednesday, was first reported by German business newspaper Handelsblatt. Bourla wrote that the proposals […]

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 10 (Reuters) – Paramount Skydance Corp’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, backed by Gulf sovereign wealth funds, is under European Union subsidy scrutiny, according to a European Commission filing. The U.S. entertainment giant sought EU approval under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation, which targets unfair foreign state aid, on Tuesday. The Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, will decide by July […]

By Mateusz Rabiega and Jakob Van Calster June 10 (Reuters) – ING launched a new subscription-based banking model for clients in the Netherlands on Wednesday, in a move aimed at diversifying income streams and protecting its market share. The Dutch-based bank expects the model, which is to be rolled out across its markets by mid-2027, to deliver a “meaningful” contribution to its fee income, Global Head for Private Individuals Sali […]

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(SRN NEWS)- (  )  Some countries are conducting a war on churches.  According to a new report from Global Christian Relief, the government of Rwanda is shutting down churches at a greater rate than any other nation on earth.  About 7,700 of them have been closed over the past two years as the Rwandan government seeks greater restrictions on freedom of religion.  Number two on the GCR list is Mozambique where Muslim radicals […]

(SRN NEWS)- It comes from the Pew Research Center and it examines the faith group that nearly a quarter of the population belongs to.  The study finds that the number of Catholics in the U.S. is declining and that more people are leaving Catholicism for Protestant denominations than the other way around.  Amongst those Americans who convert to the Catholic faith, the most common reason for doing so is that they […]

(SRN NEWS)- The legislature has passed a measure that bars all public colleges and universities from discriminating against student organizations based on their viewpoints.  The bill comes in response to incidents of Christian and conservative campus groups being banned or restricted because of their opposition to such things as abortion and the LGBT lifestyle.  The legislation will also require all college students to take a free speech training course. Brought to you […]

(SRN NEWS)-As part of a settlement with the Trump administration, the healthcare system will stop helping children live as the opposite sex and will pay two million dollars to help people who want to DE-transition, do so.  The administration had been investigating whether the Cleveland Clinic had been fraudulently billing for gender-transition treatments for kids.  The Clinic has also agreed never to perform a sex-change operation or give puberty-blockers to […]

(SRN NEWS)- Despite some of the worst persecution in the world, the underground church there is growing by leaps and bounds.  A new report from International Christian Concern reveals that there are more believers in Iran now than there were before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought with it an unprecedented wave of persecution.  ICC says “Some estimates point to a million or more Iranian converts to Christianity.”  House churches are […]