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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – India has ordered makers of high-caffeine beverages sold as “energy drinks” to stop using that description, rejecting efforts to stall the regulatory intervention in a fast-growing market expected to be worth $1.6 billion by 2028, according to documents and sources. India’s food safety regulator said on social media in early July it had issued notices to companies saying there were no […]

MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday he was “not the president of my family” and “not the president of my friends” as he vowed to press ahead with an anti-corruption drive that could see multiple charges filed against his cousin, former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Last year, Marcos disclosed allegations of widespread irregularities in a series of flood-control projects worth billions of pesos. […]

By Mike Dolan July 27 (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A pause in the Iran conflict and a sizeable retreat in crude oil prices away from $100 per barrel offer some relief at the start of what’s set to be another turbulent week for markets. The calendar is certainly packed, with the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, a […]

NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – India’s federal government on Monday introduced a bill in parliament to amend the law governing public examinations, days after protests by the “cockroach” movement forced the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Here is a look at how the movement grew into the biggest youth-led challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced since taking office in 2014.  May 3 About 2 million students took […]

NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced a bill in parliament on Monday proposing changes to India’s law governing public examinations, the latest in a series of steps to reform the system after paper leaks in May triggered weeks-long youth protests.  Here is a look at the key reforms in the pipeline.  WHAT SPARKED THE REFORMS?  India cancelled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), […]

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a naval base in England on Monday, a visit Burnham said is intended to signal the U.K.’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s trip is the first by a foreign leader since Burnham took office a week ago. His predecessor, Keir Starmer, was in Kyiv less than two weeks ago in his last overseas trip […]

MIAMI (AP) — Genevieve became a Category 5 hurricane early Monday, the first in the East Pacific region in two years, forecasters said. It is expected to stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel with the Mexico coast. Genevieve had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Genevieve’s center was located about 530 miles (855 kilometers) southwest of […]

By Jarrett Renshaw and Kalea Hall July 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will travel to a General Motors test site in Michigan on Monday to tout his trade and industrial policies, seeking to refocus attention on the economy even as an escalating conflict with Iran clouds the political outlook and stokes inflation concerns. With less than 100 days before the U.S. midterm elections, Trump hopes to change the political […]

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is due to begin voting as early as Monday on the nomination of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the top U.S. spy, and he is expected to be approved within days despite a tense confirmation hearing. If approved to be the director of national intelligence, Clayton would fill a role vacated in June […]