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Dutch anti-smoking activists vowed to fight on Thursday after prosecutors rejected their call for a criminal investigation into four major tobacco companies on charges including attempted murder or manslaughter, on the grounds that such a case would be unlikely to…
Qualcomm is raising its takeover bid for NXP Semiconductors by nearly 16 percent to about $43.22 billion, citing in part NXP’s strong results since the companies first announced their merger in October 2016. The move announced Tuesday comes as Qualcomm…
In a keynote speech early next week, the UK’s Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to urge the party to support Britain’s permanent membership in a customs union with the EU. At least 80 high-ranking officials in the UK’s Labor…
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The headquarters of drug dealers, which comprised 15 laboratories for production of illicit substances, and more than 3.2 tonnes of cocaine have been destroyed in Venezuela during a large-scale anti-drug operation carried out by the country’s…
Russian skater Evgenia Medvedeva said that her powerful performance at 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was inspired by actress Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina in Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy’s novel. Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva flawlessly executed…
Centre Eoin Griffin rounded off a powerful second-half display as Connacht came from behind to defeat Benetton 22-19 in Treviso this afternoon. A tight Guinness PRO14 contest remained scoreless until the 36th minute, when Benetton scrum-half Tito Tebaldi touched down and…
