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OTTAWA, June 6 (Reuters) – Authorities in New York, Toronto and Ottawa on Tuesday warned residents about the health risks from air polluted by smoke from unprecedented early summer wildfires in eastern Canada.An unusually early and intense start to wildfire season has set Canada on track for its worst-ever year as warm and dry conditions… […]

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) – An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert and land at an airport in Russia’s Far East after it developed a technical issue with one of its engines, the airline said on Tuesday.The diversion of the Boeing (BA.N) 777 widebody aircraft comes amid a… […]

June 5 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N) on Monday made a surprise $3.26 billion all-cash offer to acquire Amedisys Inc (AMED.O), pitting itself against another healthcare company set to buy the home health and hospice care firm.Interest in the home health sector has jumped since the pandemic as patients and caregivers increasingly prefer accessing medical… […]

MILAN, June 5 (Reuters) – Ferrari (RACE.MI) has no plans to purchase other sports car makers, the company’s Chief Executive Benedetto Vigna said on Monday.”I don’t think it makes sense for us to buy other supercar makers,” Vigna said during a conference organized by Bloomberg, replying to a question about possible M&A operations by the… […]

ISTANBUL, June 5 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s new airline Riyadh Air is in the midst of a three-part inaugural fleet acquisition including ongoing talks with Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) to buy a significant number of narrow-body jets, Chief Executive Tony Douglas said.The creation of a second Saudi national airline, with industry veteran Douglas as… […]

[1/3] A Chevrolet 2020 heavy-duty pickup truck is seen at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant in Flint, Michigan, U.S. February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File PhotoJune 5 (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Monday it plans to invest more than $1 billion to re-tool two manufacturing sites in Flint, Michigan to prepare for… […]

BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) – Companies deploying generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard with the potential to generate disinformation should label such content as part of their efforts to combat fake news, European Commission deputy head Vera Jourova said on Monday.Unveiled late last year, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become the fastest-growing consumer… […]

ISTANBUL, June 4 (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) is closing towards a potentially record deal to sell 500 narrow-body A320-family jets to India’s largest carrier IndiGo (INGL.NS), industry sources said on Sunday.The European planemaker has emerged as front-runner for an order eclipsing Air India’s historic provisional purchase of 470 jets in February, the sources said on… […]

LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s lung cancer therapy, Tagrisso, cut the risk of death by more than half in patients with a certain form of lung cancer who were diagnosed early enough to have their tumour surgically removed, trial data showed.Tagrisso is already the crown jewel in the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s portfolio, raking in $5.4… […]

ISTANBUL, June 4 (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) is closing in on a potentially record deal to sell 500 narrowbody A320-family jets to India’s largest carrier, Indigo (INGL.NS), industry sources said on Sunday.The European planemaker has emerged as front-runner for an order eclipsing Air India’s historic provisional purchase of 470 jets in February, the sources said… […]