Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent
ReutersThe calls come thick and fast to Mumbai-based diabetologist Rahul Baxi – but not just from patients struggling to control blood sugar.
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Mexico authorities kill 13 in face-off in cartel-plagued state
MEXICO CITY, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Authorities in Mexico’s Pacific Sinaloa state were attacked by an armed group after midday on Monday, with the incident leaving 13 of the attackers dead, Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said.
Garcia Harfuch…
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Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment
Georgia RobertsPolitical Correspondent
SUPPLIEDNatalie Rowntree from North Yorkshire has recently started her IVF journey, and describes the…
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Starbucks sells majority stake in China business in $4bn deal
Starbucks says it is selling a 60% stake in its business in China as part of a $4bn (£3.04bn) deal with investment firm Boyu Capital.
Under the agreement, the world’s biggest coffee chain will have a 40% stake in the Chinese retail operation and…
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Reeves says Budget will be ‘fair’ as tax rises expected
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she will make “necessary choices” in the Budget after the “world has thrown more challenges our way”.
Her Downing Street speech comes as economists predict Reeves will raise taxes in her 26 November Budget. Labour…
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EU to praise Ukraine’s ‘remarkable commitment’ to membership bid but warn of backsliding on anti-corruption in key report
President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen attend a joint press conference in Brussels, on Aug. 17, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images)
BRUSSELS,…
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More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn | Inequality
More than $70tn (£53tn) of inherited wealth will pass down the generations across the world over the next decade, widening inequality and highlighting the need for intervention by the G20 group of leading nations, a group of economists and…
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Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded…
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