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AbbVie to buy Pharmacyclics for $21 billion to boost Cancer Drugs Pipeline
Drugmaker AbbVie Inc (ABBV.N) said it will buy Pharmacyclics Inc (PCYC.O), the maker of blockbuster cancer drug…
China sets 2015 Growth Target at 7%
China, the world's second-largest economy, has set its growth target at about 7% for this year, the government…
Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea
U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the…
Obama Says Netanyahu’s Iran Speech Contains ‘Nothing New’
US President Barack Obama has reacted scathingly to a speech by the Israeli prime minister that castigated his…
China Defense Budget rise to Defy Slowing Economy
China's defense budget this year will rise about 10 percent compared with 2014, a top government official said on…
Ebola Outbreak: IMF to Give Sierra Leone $80m Immediately
Sierra Leone is to receive more than $80m (£52m) immediately to help the country end the Ebola outbreak and recover…
Exclusive: Nemtsov Killing Sign of Worsening Climate in Russia – Obama
President Barack Obama said on Monday that the killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov is a sign of a worsening…
Brent crude up $1 to over $60.50 as Global Markets Firm
Brent crude oil prices rose more than a dollar to above $60.50 a barrel on Tuesday, tracking firmer Asian markets,…
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must Halt Key Nuclear Work for at Least a Decade
Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic…
Thousands march for Russia Opposition after Nemtsov murdered
Tens of thousands marched through Moscow to honor slain political activist Boris Nemtsov in the biggest show of…