By Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The whirlwind success of weight-loss treatment Wegovy is providing a bonanza not just for its developer, Novo Nordisk, but also for its home country of Denmark. Interviews with Danish economists, analysts, and executives at the Novo Nordisk Foundation which controls Novo highlight the benefits to the economy from jobs …
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By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – This year is on track to become the hottest year on record, with the global mean temperature to date this year 0.52 degrees Celsius higher than average, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. The global temperature for January-September is also 1.4C higher than the …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Thursday when a Turkish air strike hit a car in a Kurdish-controlled part of northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a local security source said. It was not immediately clear whether the two dead were civilians or members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a …
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish air forces destroyed 58 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since the Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack near government buildings in Ankara on Sunday. The third operation after Sunday’s bombing was conducted in the Metina, Hakurk, Gara, Qandil and Asos regions of northern …
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By Jose Cortes and Lizbeth Diaz JUCHITAN, Mexico, Mexico (Reuters) -Several hundred migrants in southern Mexico awaited buses north on Monday under a new government program meant to help manage the numbers arriving, as Mexico’s president said 10,000 people have been reaching the northern border with the U.S. daily. Thousands of migrants have crossed into …
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that countries seeking to normalise relations with Israel “are betting on a losing horse”, state media reported on Tuesday. “The definite position of the Islamic Republic is that countries that make the gamble of normalisation with Israel will lose. They are betting on a losing …
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a virtual meeting with Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo on Monday, following Washington concerns that Guatemalan authorities have been trying to undermine the transfer of power to Arevalo. THE TAKE The United States has expressed “grave concern” over what it regards as “continued …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince. “More than just a simple vote, this is in fact an expression of solidarity with …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday panned U.S. military aid to Ukraine, suggesting it was “irrational” and stepping up criticism of the war effort as he urged Washington to devote more resources to helping Latin American countries. Lopez Obrador has long called on the United States to devote more funds …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to authorize a security mission to Haiti to help the Caribbean country fight heavily armed gangs that have overrun the capital. WHAT IS THE MSS? The Multinational Security Support (MSS) is an international security force backed but not operated by the United Nations. Kenya has …
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