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(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Tuesday it would buy the remaining stake in specialty pharmacy company Shields Health Solutions for $1.37 billion. Walgreens last year spent $970 million to …

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s annual inflation rate eased more than expected to 7.0% in August, largely on lower gasoline prices and slowing shelter costs, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. But …

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing bloc will easily agree on major policy priorities despite recent disagreements if it wins this weekend’s national election, the alliance’s de facto …

BERLIN (Reuters) -The books for Volkswagen’s hotly anticipated initial public offering of Porsche AG are covered multiple times on the full size of the deal, a bookrunner involved in the …

By David Alire Garcia BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An assassination attempt in Argentina and spurts of election-linked violence in Brazil have emerged as the latest signs of growing political discontent in …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian-installed officials in the Kherson region of Ukraine said they have decided to hold a referendum later this week on joining Russia and have urged the Kremlin to …

(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday Russia’s budget deficit …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian home prices fell sharply in August from July, while year-over-year price gains slowed further, as fast-rising interest rates continued to chill housing markets across the country, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, the government said on Tuesday, as the nation’s mourning period ended. …

‘Give Me A Break’: DeSantis Responds To Critics Of Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Flights Harold Hutchison on September 20, 2022 Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida took on critics attacking him …

By Giulio Piovaccari TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -Stellantis has chosen Italy’s historic carmaking city of Turin for an investment to boost its role in low emission vehicle production and as a …

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs has laid off at least 25 bankers in Asia, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter, as volatility in capital markets stifles dealmaking …

By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – The number of Chinese millionaires is expected to double by 2026, according to a report by Credit Suisse issued on Tuesday, despite Beijing’s …

(Reuters) – At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, as the military said it …

(Reuters) – Amazon.com-backed Infinium said on Tuesday it will supply low-carbon electrofuels for the e-commerce giant’s trucking fleet starting next year. Infinium’s supply of electrofuels — a fossil-based fuel alternative …

By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The latest turmoil in major sovereign debt markets is far from over as bond strategists in a Reuters poll expected yields to stay elevated …

By Cooper Inveen and Christian Arkolie ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s economy expanded 4.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022, driven by growth in the fishing, manufacturing and education services sectors, …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to toughen punishments for a host of crimes such as desertion, damage to military property and insubordination if they are …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is not immediately prioritising talks on a free trade deal with the United States, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Liz Truss said before a meeting on …

(Reuters) – The Acting U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an impartial probe into the death of a woman in police custody in Iran who fell into …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday named a team of senior advisers to oversee $52.7 billion in government funding to boost semiconductor manufacturing and research. …

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday by a larger-than-expected full percentage point to 1.75% and warned of more to come over the next …

By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies has asked its drivers in India to ensure backseat seatbelts in their vehicles are accessible to …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling party is ramping up calls for a fresh spending package worth at least $105 billion to cushion the blow from rising inflation, reinforcing …

By Nupur Anand and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has been asked by the Indian government and the central bank to introduce more stringent checks to help …