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(Reuters) – Becton Dickinson beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its drug delivery devices and surgical equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of medical and surgical products such as needles, syringes and sharps disposal units is the latest company to benefit from an ongoing recovery in demand for non-urgent surgical procedures. Becton’s largest unit, which makes devices to administer […]

(Reuters) – Becton Dickinson beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its drug delivery devices and surgical equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of medical and surgical products such as needles, syringes and sharps disposal units is the latest company to benefit from an ongoing recovery in demand for non-urgent surgical procedures. Becton’s largest unit, which makes devices to administer […]

RAMALLAH (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority is hoping to engage with Saudi Arabia to discuss their concerns over a potential agreement normalising relations with Israel, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said on Thursday. U.S. President Joe Biden said last week a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Israel “may be under way” following months of efforts by U.S. officials to broker an agreement between the two longstanding adversaries. Officials from all […]

SEOUL (Reuters) -Nine people have been stabbed and four others hurt by a car driven by the suspected attacker on Thursday in the South Korean commuter town of Seongnam near the capital Seoul, police said. One person has been arrested, police said in a statement. The attack occurred near Seohyeon station, an area about 20 km (12.43 miles) from Seoul that has a large department store and other shops and […]

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Portuguese helicopter services provider OHI launched a new business in Brazil on Thursday to shuttle the country’s super rich between Sao Paulo’s wealthiest neighborhoods, a market it sees reaching 90,000 passengers per year by 2028. Named Revo, the new company will offer helicopter flights through a digital platform to high-income clients in Latin America’s largest city so they can escape the metropolis’ chaotic […]

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – A six-month ceasefire between Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group began on Thursday, representing the most solid progress to date for President Gustavo Petro’s ambitious plans to end the country’s 60-year conflict. The ceasefire, set to run until February, is the product of ongoing peace talks between the ELN and the government, which restarted last year in hopes of […]

(Reuters) – A federal judge was due to formally sentence Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, the New York Times reported. The sentencing hearing comes a day after a jury unanimously voted for the death penalty after finding Bowers guilty on 63 counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise […]

(Reuters) – U.S. shale producer ConocoPhillips reported a fall in second-quarter profit on Thursday, as oil and gas prices dropped from last year’s peaks. The Houston-based company reported earnings of $2.2 billion, or $1.84 per share, for the three months ended June 30, compared with $5.1 billion, or $3.96 per share, a year earlier. (Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that the BRICS group of countries would be strengthened by adding new members, in its most explicit endorsement yet of the idea of expansion. The BRICS group of emerging economies currently comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Moscow sees the group as an increasingly important and influential counterweight in global affairs to the U.S.-led West. “Of course we believe that in […]