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By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Carrying rainbow flags and dancing through the streets, thousands of Hungarians celebrated the annual Budapest Pride parade on Saturday and vowed to keep protesting over the government’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, promotes a Christian-conservative agenda and in 2021 banned the “promotion of homosexuality” …

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By Joey Roulette and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -NASA has further postponed the Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts, to allow more time for review of technical issues encountered, the agency said on Friday. It did not set a new date, raising questions about the timing …

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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Eli Lilly on Friday said its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound helped resolve moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in up to 52% of patients in two late-stage trials. U.S.-based Lilly and Danish rival Novo Nordisk are in a race to get their obesity drugs approved to treat other ailments. Novo’s …

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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran condemned Canada’s listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as “an unwise and unconventional politically motivated step,” foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in a statement on Thursday. “Canada’s action will not have any effect on the Revolutionary Guards’ legitimate and deterrent power,” the semi-official Fars news agency …

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By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group issued a public notice about the February ransomware hack on its Change Healthcare unit on Thursday as part of its requirements to notify the estimated one-third of the country whose private data may have been exposed in the attack. UnitedHealth said it expects to begin mailing …

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By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House expressed deep disappointment over criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the United States on Thursday amid tensions between the two allies over Israel’s war in Gaza. The White House response came as national security adviser Jake Sullivan held meetings with Netanyahu’s top …

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By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – “The past haunts you and the future never arrives” six actors sing on stage in “The Days Out There”, an Argentine musical that explores the lives of female and transgender inmates during and after their time in jail. The play, by 47-year-old writer and director Lola Arias, a …

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By Gloria Dickie and Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) – Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died …

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(Reuters) – A U.S. soldier who has been detained in the Russian city of Vladivostok on suspicion of theft and threats to kill his girlfriend was sentenced to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony, Russian agencies reported on Wednesday. Russia’s RIA state news agency reported that his defence lawyer said they …

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