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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The Brazilian state of Parana, the country’s biggest poultry producer, said on Tuesday it has declared an animal health emergency due to the detection of avian flu cases in wild birds. The move comes after the country’s agriculture ministry directed the states to take such a measure, Parana’s government said in a statement. It added the measure will last 180 days. So far, Parana has detected seven […]

SEOUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu will visit North Korea this week, Shoigu’s ministry announced on Tuesday, joining a Chinese group as the first such public visitors to the country since the start of the pandemic. The delegations will visit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of “Victory Day” on Thursday in Pyongyang, state media agency KCNA reported, with Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong […]

(Reuters) – Banc of California is in advanced talks to buy PacWest Bancorp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Trading in shares of PacWest has been halted due to volatility. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli doctors declared a strike on Tuesday and more army reservists have asked to halt service in a public backlash over the hard-right government’s ratification of the first part of a judicial overhaul that critics say endangers democracy. With long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing his gravest domestic crisis, Israel’s military took its first known internal disciplinary action over the protests. One reservist was […]

By Fedja Grulovic RHODES, Greece (Reuters) – Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week. “My life now stopped,” he said. “Everything is taken by the fire.” Inside his destroyed business in the coastal village of Gennadi, stacks of plates are covered in ash and debris near a burned-down […]

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan for deterring migration after the expiration of COVID-era Title 42 restrictions in May. The judge, California-based U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, stayed the order for 14 days, which will let the Biden administration appeal. The ruling […]

By Joseph White and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors is wrestling with costs and struggling to build more electric vehicles, as it reported Tuesday that adjusted pre-tax profit and margins in its key North American market fell from the first quarter, despite a jump in revenue and per-vehicle transaction prices. Shares were down 4.4% at $37.58 in mid-day trading. The automaker said it plans to invest less in new […]

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Meme stocks have surged in the last few weeks as retail investors shun pricier stocks for cheaper speculative names, but some experts worry that this could choke the current rally in broader markets. At a time when the wider rally has made some stocks, especially in the tech space, too expensive, the return of meme stocks is offering retail investors a more affordable option […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank signalled a more positive outlook on Tuesday, saying it would undertake a 450 million euro ($497 million) share buyback this year. The measure, larger than last year’s buyback of 300 million euros, reflects the improved financial state of Germany’s largest lender. The bank had previously flagged that it would aim for a buyback during the second half of this year. The announcement of the buyback, which […]