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BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying cancer-screening company Grail without regulators' approval, the latest setback for the deal. Illumina announced an $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail in…
QUETTA, Pakistan — Five militants attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday morning, triggering an intense shootout that left four soldiers, three attackers and a female passerby dead, officials said. The newly-formed militant group…
PARIS — Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right. The…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thailand’s top diplomat said Wednesday that he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis gripping her strife-torn…
Computer chip and software maker Broadcom's $61 billion proposed purchase of cloud technology company VMware got the green light Wednesday from European Union regulators who were satisfied by concessions to ease competition concerns. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm…
