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Charles River raises 2025 profit forecast, reaches deal with activist investor

7 May 2025

By Siddhi Mahatole and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -Charles River Laboratories shares jumped 15% on Wednesday after the company raised its annual profit forecast due to improving demand for contract drug research services. Separately, the Massachusetts-based company also said that it had reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott Management. Charles River’s stock climbed to $133.36, …

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Israeli strikes on school housing displaced and on market kill 48 in Gaza, medics say

7 May 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -At least 48 people were killed on Wednesday in Israeli airstrikes on a school that housed families displaced by the conflict and which was located close to a crowded market and restaurant in Gaza City, local health authorities said. Medics said two strikes targeted the Karama School …

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European leaders, aid groups criticise Israeli aid plans for Gaza

7 May 2025

By James Mackenzie and Emma Farge JERUSALEM/GENEVA (Reuters) -European leaders and aid groups have criticised Israeli plans to take over distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and use private companies to get food to families after two months in which the military has prevented supplies entering the Strip. Israel has given few details of its …

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US Treasury’s Bessent says China ‘negotiations’ to start Saturday without Navarro

7 May 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described a meeting with Chinese officials on trade starting on Saturday as “negotiations,” and said that White House trade adviser Peter Navarro will not be joining him and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at the discussions in Switzerland Asked during a House Financial Services Committee …

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Grisly Peru mining murders spotlight ‘gold curse’ in the Andes

7 May 2025

By Sebastian Castaneda and Marco Aquino TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) – Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger. Now he and 12 others are dead in one of the country’s worst mining massacres. Authorities this …

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Disney, Miral announce plans for new Disney theme park in Abu Dhabi

7 May 2025

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Walt Disney announced plans on Wednesday to open a Disney theme park in United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi in collaboration with regional developer Miral Group, representing its first major new theme park in nearly a decade and its first in the Middle East. The planned Disney waterfront resort will …

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Vance says US, Europe still on same team but past security posture not adequate for future

7 May 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said he still believed the United States and Europe were still on the same team, and it was “ridiculous” to think a wedge could be driven between the two longstanding allies. However, Vance told an event hosted by the Munich Security Conference in Washington that …

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Iran welcomes end of US attacks on Yemen, foreign ministry says

7 May 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran welcomes the end of U.S. attacks on Yemen, its foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced Washington would stop bombing the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militia. Trump said Yemen’s Houthis had agreed to stop disrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East. Under the agreement, neither the U.S. …

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Gaza hunger crisis ripples across health sector as Israeli blockade endures

7 May 2025

By Hatem Khaled, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin GAZA/CAIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) – Palestinian baby Jenan Alskafi died in Gaza on Saturday after malnutrition and digestive problems, which her doctor said could not be treated because of a total Israeli blockade that aid agencies believe is undermining the entire population’s health. The four-month-old needed hypoallergenic milk …

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