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Alexandria Real Estate's Q1 FFO rises on stronger occupancy rates

Life science real estate investment trust (REIT) Alexandria Real Estate Equities posted a rise in funds from operations (FFO) for the first quarter on Monday, aided by better occupancy

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Globe Life profit surges on strong underwriting, investment returns

Globe Life posted a rise in first-quarter profit on Monday as the insurer benefited from strong investment returns and underwriting activities.

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North Korea conducts first "nuclear trigger" simulation drills, state media says

North Korea carried out its first nuclear counterattack drills to simulate its "nuclear trigger" management system, guided by leader Kim Jong Un, as a clear warning to its enemies,

North Korea conducts first "nuclear trigger" simulation drills, state media says
Business|Finance

Brown & Brown's profit rises on higher income from fees, investments

Brown & Brown posted a rise in first-quarter profit on Monday as the insurance brokerage earned more in commissions and fees, while investment returns also improved.

Business|Health|Technology|US

UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans' data

UnitedHealth Group said on Monday that hackers stole health and personal data of potentially a "substantial proportion" of Americans from its systems in

Asia|Business|Economy

Japan's factory activity declines slow, PMI shows

Japan's factory activity contracted but approached the break-even point in April, a business survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the key sector is finally picking up after months of

Japan's factory activity declines slow, PMI shows
Asia|News|World

Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage

Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and

Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage
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Argentina's Milei touts rare government surplus, argues 'shock' therapy is working

Argentine President Javier Milei boasted on Monday that his government is successfully taming profligate public spending, touting a rare first quarter surplus that he argues

Argentina's Milei touts rare government surplus, argues 'shock' therapy is working
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance

Thai PM asks banks to top lower interest rates to help economy

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday said he had asked the country's four largest lenders to lower interest rates to help small businesses and the economy. 

Thai PM asks banks to top lower interest rates to help economy
Crime|Europe|News|World

Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say

Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine's military officials

Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say
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US has no immediate plan to sanction Chinese banks over Russia, source says

The United States has preliminarily discussed sanctions on some Chinese banks but does not yet have a plan to implement such measures, a U.S. official told Reuters on

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China to revise statistics law to fight data fraud

China will revise its statistics law in a bid to fight persistent data fraud, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, amid scepticism about the reliability of data in the

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Ukraine's farm minister Solsky named as suspect in corruption case

Ukraine's anti-corruption police named Farm Minister Mykola Solsky as a suspect in a criminal investigation into the illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth $7

Asia|News

Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers

Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to select a new slate of senators who will no longer be allowed to vote on who becomes prime minister, removing what has effectively

Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers
Africa|World

Twenty one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says

Twenty one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations

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Lebanon's Hezbollah launches deepest attack into Israel since start of Gaza war

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it had launched a drone attack against Israeli military bases north of the city of Acre, in its deepest strike into Israeli

Europe|MidEast|News|World

At least 10 jihadist attacks prevented in Europe in 2023, Dutch agency says

Western intelligence prevented at least 10 jihadist attacks across Europe last year and the current war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas has increased the

Crime|Europe|News

Bosnia arrests 23 in Europol-backed action against drug cartel

Bosnian police backed by international law enforcement agencies raided dozens of locations and arrested 23 people suspected of working for the jailed kingpin of a European drug

Asia|Environment|Science|World

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland
Africa|News

Sudan military downs drones targeting its HQ in Shendi, say army sources

Sudan's army used anti-aircraft missiles on Tuesday to shoot down drones targeting its headquarters in the city of Shendi, witnesses and army sources said, the latest in a series of such

News|Political|World

Russia will strike in unexpected places this summer, Ukraine says

Russian troops will strike in unexpected parts of the front when they conduct their summer offensive in Ukraine and could try to advance on the northeastern city of Kharkiv, the commander

Russia will strike in unexpected places this summer, Ukraine says
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance

China's central bank hints it may add treasury bond trades to policy toolkit

A senior Chinese central bank official suggested on Tuesday that the bank's buying and selling of treasury bonds in the secondary market could be used for liquidity management and

News|US

US reaches $138.7 million civil settlement with victims of Larry Nassar

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US reaches $138.7 million civil settlement with victims of Larry Nassar
MidEast|News|World

Two killed by Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon's Hanin

At least two people were killed including an 11-year-old girl, and six others injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential area in the southern Lebanese town of Hanin,

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Big banks face probe over NDAs in swaps, clearing businesses, Bloomberg reports

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reached out to a number of banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup to see if they have been preventing would-be

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