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Homeless shelters in Argentina's capital are seeing demand soar as more people are struggling to make ends meet amid an annual inflation rate above 100% that is pushing more people into poverty

Federal health advisers have voted overwhelmingly against recommending approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease, the fatal muscle-wasting disease

A group of pharmacists frustrated with overwhelming workloads didn't show up for work last week in at least a dozen Kansas City-area CVS pharmacies

China has bought several hundred thousand metric tons — trad Chinese importers are believed to have made large purchases of animal feed corn from Ukraine in the past two weeks, traders in Asia and Europe said on Thursday, providing a boost for the war-ravaged country from an unlikely source. The traders were unable to say the exact volumes but several said they amounted to several hundred thousand metric tons. A Ukrainian government source also confirmed corn sales to China, a key ally of Russia, particularly since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. «Importers in China have bought around 10 to 12 Panamax cargoes of Ukrainian corn for November/December shipment,» said a Singapore-based trader at an international grains trading company, referring to a size of ship with a capacity that typically exceeds 60,000 tons of grain. «Ukraine is the cheapest origin for corn as of now,» the trader said. A Ukrainian government source said: «I cannot tell you the volume, but I know that many (traders) did it and it is a good trend (for Ukrainian corn).» Russia has tried to impose a de facto blockade on seaborne Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.

German inflation fell in September to its lowest level since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, signalling what could be the beginning of the end for the high inflation that has weighed heavily on Europe's largest economy. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, rose by an annual 4.3% in September, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a fall to 4.5% from 6.4% year-on-year in August. Germany's core inflation rate, which excludes volatile items such as food and energy, fell to 4.6% year-on-year from 5.5% in August. Food prices continued to show above-average growth, posting a 7.5% year-on-year increase.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday took a dig at the central government after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a preliminary enquiry to probe 'alleged' irregularities in construction and renovation of his residence. «What can we expect from a 'Fourth pass Raja'? They want me to bow down before them. They want to break me.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. economy maintained a fairly strong pace of growth in the second quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, and appears to have gathered momentum this quarter amid a resilient labor market.

US investment-grade bonds have swung to a loss for the year as the Federal Reserve’s determination to raise interest rates to counter inflation spreads pain across debt markets.

Foreign investors sold the largest amount of Japanese stocks since March last week amid signs of risk aversion. 

AIADMK) announced its exit from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) earlier this week, the BJP Central leadership is looking after the matter regarding BJP-AIADMK allies break up. The leadership came out with the formula and will take appropriate action on it. It also said that the party has started an exercise to take stock of the incidents that led to the separation of allies, according to the party sources. Earlier, Tamil Nadu BJP leaders told ANI, «The problem would be handled by our high leadership, so we'll see what happens.» Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai also reacted saying, «I will speak on this issue later.» The decision to break away from the NDA was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by party chief K Palaniswami at the AIADMK headquarters. The friction between the BJP and AIADMK started after the Tamil Nadu BJP state president K Annamalai made statements regarding former Tamil Nadu chief minister C Annadurai and CM J Jayalalithaa. «Eight months are left and what will happen in these months, we can't say anything today.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — South Africa's producer inflation quickened to 4.3% year on year in August from 2.7% in July, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the market capitalisation of all listed companies on BSE declined by Rs 1.82 lakh crore to Rs 317.79 lakh crore. Among Sensex stocks, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints and M&M were the top laggards, falling 3-4%. ITC Titan, Wipro, HUL, and Infosys also declined.

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roads and railways worth Rs 52,000 crore have been recommended for approval under the PM Gati Shakti initiative, an official statement said on Thursday. This takes the total number of projects assessed by NPG to 112 with a total value of about Rs 11.53 lakh crore, since the launch of PM Gati Shakti, it said. These six projects were assessed in the 56th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting on September 27.

₹4 lakh crore a year.) This is hardly surprising. Nutritional outcomes can only improve with adequate consumption of non-cereals such as pulses, vegetables, milk and so on, which the poor cannot afford to buy at market prices. For that to happen, the food subsidy will have to go beyond providing free cereals.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. dropped 0.95 per cent to Rs 409.4 at 12:53PM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The scrip hit a high of Rs 416.45 and low of Rs 409.1 so far during the session.

LONDON (Reuters) — New York has easily remained the world's top financial centre with London still second and gaining some ground, but also facing a tougher fight with Singapore and Hong Kong, the Global Financial Centres index showed on Thursday.

By Florence Tan and Mohi Narayan

MphasiS Ltd. rose 0.95 per cent to Rs 2445.35 in Thursday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 2481.8 and low of Rs 2444.9, respectively, during the day.