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Lilly sues online vendors, medical spa over copycat weight-loss drugs

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Eli Lilly said on Monday it sued three medical spas and online vendors for selling products claiming to contain tirzepatide, the main ingredient in its popular weight-loss medicine Zepbound, including in the form of dissolvable tablets. The new lawsuits, which name Pivotal Peptides, MangoRx and Genesis Lifestyle Medicine of Nevada, …

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Biden administration proposes free over-the-counter birth control

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would provide women with private insurance access to over-the-counter birth control pills and other contraceptives at no cost, the White House said on Monday. The rule, which expands a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventative care services at no …

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Militants kill seven, including six migrant workers, in India’s Kashmir

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) -At least six migrant workers and a doctor were shot dead in India’s Kashmir region on Sunday night when militants opened fire near a tunnel construction site, officials said, days after a new government was formed in the territory. An opposition alliance took power in the region this month after …

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As poor nations’ default wave peaks, cash shortage could take its place

By Libby George and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) -The punishing post-COVID wave of sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka and Zambia concluding years of painful debt reworks. But the International Monetary Fund and others worry that a dangerous liquidity shortfall could take its place in many emerging economies – …

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Take Five: Up and away

(Reuters) -Start your electric engines, Tesla is the first of the “Magnificent Seven” to report earnings, while finance chiefs descend on Washington and markets get a taste of how business activity is holding up in October just as the U.S. election looms. Here’s your look at what matters for markets this week from Kevin Buckland …

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Rachel Sweet has won two of the nation’s toughest abortion fights. She heads home to Missouri for a third

By Gabriella Borter KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Rachel Sweet joined dozens of rally goers in a Kansas City, Missouri union headquarters parking lot on a warm October Saturday, holding a sign that read “Yes on 3” and joining a call-and-response chant: “When women’s rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight …

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Russia, Ukraine each bring home 95 prisoners of war in swap brokered by UAE

(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Friday, each side bringing home 95 prisoners in an agreement in which the United Arab Emirates acted as mediator. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said the returning Russian service members were undergoing medical checks in …

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Russian missile damages residential buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa, no casualties

(Reuters) -A Russian missile struck a residential district in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa late on Friday, triggering a fire, but causing no casualties, officials said. An official city Telegram channel said a three-storey building had sustained damage along with 10 private homes. Emergency services were at the site. There was no independent verification …

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