Mike Tyson sued in UK for ditching promotion deal to fight Jake Paul

LONDON (Reuters) – Mike Tyson is being sued in a London court for nearly 1.5 million euros ($1.59 million) for allegedly breaking a deal to promote a gambling company in order to fight social media influencer-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul. Medier, a Cyprus-registered company that promotes online casino and betting company Rabona, is suing the former heavyweight …

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STOXX closes up; French stocks outperform on expectations of new budget

By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European shares eked out gains on Friday, with French stocks logging their biggest daily rise in three weeks as investors factored in a potential budget despite ongoing political uncertainty, while also parsing an upbeat U.S. jobs report. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.1%, logging …

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Putin says new Oreshnik hypersonic missile could be deployed in Belarus

By Lucy Papachristou and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia could deploy its new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile on the territory of its ally Belarus in the second half of next year. Putin was responding to a request from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a summit in Minsk, where …

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Lilly invests $3 billion to expand Wisconsin plant as obesity drug demand soars

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Eli Lilly said on Thursday it will invest $3 billion to expand the manufacturing plant it bought in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin earlier this year, as it scrambles to meet soaring demand for its weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new investment in the factory, which it acquired from Nexus Pharmaceuticals, will …

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