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June 10 (Reuters) – Australia’s Sigma Healthcare said on Wednesday it had engaged in preliminary discussions regarding a potential acquisition of British pharmacy chain Boots, following recent media speculation. The pharmaceutical wholesaler and retailer said it continuously reviews opportunities that could create shareholder value, but cautioned there was no certainty any transaction would proceed. (Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Junko Fujita TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) – Persistent weakness in the yen and an expected hawkish shift for the Federal Reserve after a hot jobs report in the U.S. are expected to add pressure on the Bank of Japan to accelerate interest-rate increases. The Fed is likely to keep rates steady this month, the first meeting under Chair Kevin Warsh, but last week’s labour data – showing a third […]

NEW YORK (AP) — If the New York Knicks win it all this year, just remember that Evan Pfeufer called it six years ago, and has the receipts to prove it. While his classmates dutifully listed their academic awards, extracurricular activities and sport accolades in the high school yearbook, the Long Island resident opted for just six simple words for his entry. “Knicks in 6. 2026 NBA Finals,” Pfeufer wrote […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 31 former N.C. State male athletes alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine. In orders filed Tuesday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins dismissed claims against Robert M. Murphy Jr., as well as multiple N.C. State athletics officials tied to their oversight rules, citing procedural […]

By Gabriel Araujo and Luciana Magalhaes RIO DE JANEIRO, June 9 (Reuters) – Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC expects its U.S. counterpart, the Federal Aviation Administration, to certify the Boeing 737 MAX 10 this year and will work quickly to validate the decision locally, agency head Tiago Faierstein told Reuters.  Certification of the MAX 10, which has been long delayed, would be key for Boeing and carriers such as Brazilian airline […]

June 9 (Reuters) – NASA on Tuesday named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a docking demonstration involving three spacecraft in Earth’s orbit and planned for next year. U.S. astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio and Randy Bresnik and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will be the crew for Artemis III, due to launch in 2027, with no […]

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil cannot guarantee that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund would fund the remainder of the league’s 2026 season, but he said LIV was glad to take the investors at their word. O’Neil was interviewed on CNBC Tuesday, several weeks after the PIF confirmed they were pulling funding from the five-year-old golf circuit after this year. “I can say they’ve been terrific partners so far, and […]

By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – SpaceX executives say the company is aiming to launch initial demonstrations of space-based artificial intelligence computing infrastructure by late 2027, ahead of the “as early as 2028” timeline for deployment disclosed in its IPO filing, according to two people who attended investor presentations held ahead of the offering. The orbital-compute effort is central to SpaceX’s long-term growth pitch to investors. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Colombia has enacted a landmark law requiring the cattle industry to trace livestock and prove beef supply chains are free from deforestation, a measure environmental groups say makes it the first tropical forest country to adopt such a nationwide framework. The law requires government agencies and private companies to integrate cattle-tracking, land ownership and deforestation-monitoring systems to identify livestock linked to forest loss and keep them […]