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The World Health Organization said Monday that nearly half the world’s population was now covered by solid rules limiting trans fat in foods and urged lagging countries to catch up. …

Amazon on Monday said it was scrapping its plans to buy the iRobot vacuum maker after the EU’s antitrust authority objected to the plan over competition concerns. The post Amazon …

The Fed is expected to announce no rate hike at the end of its two-day meeting. Now, the possibility of a ‘no landing’ scenario looks real, one economist says.

The world’s top bottled water seller Nestle Waters used “food safety” treatments that infringe French law, the company told AFP Monday. The post Nestle admits treating some mineral waters appeared …

Iran on Monday hanged four members of its Kurdish minority on charges of spying for Israel, defying a campaign for their lives to be spared by rights groups who had …

Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire on Monday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP. The …

The UK will introduce legislation to ban disposable e-cigarettes in order to tackle a rise in youth vaping, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Monday. The post UK unveils plan to …

A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of China’s property giant Evergrande, but the firm said it would continue to operate in a case that has become a …

Pakistan’s preeminent rights activist describes the upcoming election as a messy melodrama staged by an emboldened military, unlikely to bring down the curtain on a cast of crises plaguing the …

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops on Sunday, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account. The …