White House kills rule aimed at ending Medicare drug rebates
The Trump administration has withdrawn a rule aimed at eliminating pharmaceutical drug rebates from its Medicare health plans, sending shares of Cigna Corp, the largest...
Futures pare gains after inflation data
U.S. stock index futures pared gains on Thursday after U.S. underlying consumer prices increased by the most in nearly 1-1/2 years in June, dimming hopes...
Fiat bets on electric ‘500’ as it moves on from Renault
Fiat Chrysler plans to invest 700 million euros ($788 million) in an electric makeover of its iconic Fiat 500, a top executive said on Thursday,...
Putin says he hopes Venezuela talks will normalize situation
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Norway-brokered talks between Venezuela’s government and the opposition would normalize the situation in country and bring...
Tropical storm brewing off Gulf Coast, likely to hit Louisiana as hurricane
A storm churning in the Gulf of Mexico and aimed at water-logged New Orleans was expected to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of...
Sri Lanka PM says still in talks with U.S. on military cooperation pact
Sri Lanka is still in talks with the United States on a status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) for visiting U.S. military personnel, the prime minister said, disregarding...
I take care of my health, says Merkel after several shaking episodes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she knows she must look after her health, offering reassurance on Thursday after three bouts of shaking on previous public...
Austria plans to keep Hahn on as its European commissioner
Austrian Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein plans to nominate the current European commissioner in charge of enlargement, Johannes Hahn, as the country’s member of the new commission...
At Vatican, empty tombs add new twist to missing girl mystery
The Vatican opened two tombs on Thursday to see if the body of a girl missing since 1983 was hidden there and ran into a...
At least seven killed as freak storm lashes Greek resorts
At least seven people, including six tourists, were killed and more than 100 others injured when a violent, short-lived storm lashed northern Greece overnight, felling...