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The family of Hollywood star Diane Keaton have revealed that the Oscar-winning actress died of pneumonia.Keaton, known for her roles in The Godfather and Father Of The Bride, died on 11 October at the age of 79.In a statement issued to US media, Keaton’s family said: “The Keaton family are very grateful for the extraordinary messages of love and support they have received these past few days on behalf of their beloved Diane.”She loved her animals and she was steadfast in her support of the unhoused community, so any donations in her memory to a local food bank or an…

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — The stage is set Thursday for the first debate of the New York City mayoral election, with Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa looking to halt the momentum of Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, who already defeated the once-powerful New York governor in the primary this summer.For Cuomo, who’s now running as an independent, the stakes are high. The debate is one of his last chances to sway voters to his side and convince them that going with Mamdani would be a mistake. The race is also Cuomo’s attempt at a political comeback after…

Nestle, the Swiss food giant whose brands include Toll House cookies, Nespresso coffee, Gerber baby products and Perrier water, will eliminate 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, its new chief executive said on Thursday. “The world is changing, and Nestle needs to change faster,” Philipp Navratil, who took the reins of the multinational in early September, said in a statement. That included making “hard but necessary decisions to reduce headcount,” he said.Shares in Nestle surged after the announcement by more than 8%, to 82.30 Swiss francs ($103.28) in late morning deals. Navratil spoke as the company published nine-month figures showing…

PARIS :No agreement has yet been reached between France’s Airbus and Thales and Italy’s Leonardo to create a major new European satellite manufacturer, a Thales spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday.”No agreement has been reached at this stage. We are continuing our work. Any further comment would be premature,” the spokesperson said.

The government has published witness statements submitted by a senior official connected to the collapse of a trial involving two men accused of spying for China.Here are three big questions that flow from them: 1. Why weren’t these statements enough for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to carry on with the trial?For this prosecution to go ahead, the CPS needed evidence that China was a “threat to national security”.The deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins doesn’t explicitly use this form of words in his evidence. But he comes pretty close. Politics latest – follow liveIn the February 2025 witness statement,…

[LONDON] Johnson & Johnson is facing the first lawsuits in Britain over allegations that its talc products cause cancer, as it fights tens of thousands of similar claims in the United States.The lawsuit was filed at the English High Court on Tuesday against J&J and Kenvue UK Limited, a subsidiary of Kenvue, J&J’s former consumer health unit which was spun off in 2023.KP Law said it filed the case on behalf of more than 3,000 people who allege their ovarian cancer, mesothelioma or other diseases were caused by use of J&J’s baby powder between 1965 and 2023.The firm says J&J’s…

CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at courthouses. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months.Detaining residents outside court has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside county courthouses for weeks, making arrests and drawing crowds of protesters.The order, which was signed Tuesday night and took effect Wednesday, bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to court proceedings. It includes arrests made inside courthouses and in parking lots, surrounding sidewalks and…

[SINGAPORE] Shares on the Singapore bourse closed lower on Thursday (Oct 16), bucking the gains charted in most regional markets.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) slipped 0.3 per cent, or 12.22 points, to 4,356.20. Across the broader market, decliners outnumbered advancers 305 to 227, with total turnover at S$1.5 billion.Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was the STI’s top gainer, rising 1.9 per cent or S$0.06 to S$3.26.Genting Singapore was the most actively traded STI counter by volume, with 52.6 million shares worth S$38.2 million changing hands. The counter closed 0.7 per cent or S$0.005 lower at S$0.725.For the second straight day, Hongkong Land…

Additional treatment options for the 38.4 million U.S. patients living with diabetes BRIDGEWATER, N.J. and BENGALURU, India, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Biocon Biologics Ltd. (BBL), a fully integrated global biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon Ltd. (BSE code: 532523, NSE: BIOCON), today announced expansion of its strategic collaboration with Civica, Inc. (Civica) to include a new Insulin Glargine medicine that will benefit patients in the United States by increasing supply of high-quality affordable insulins. The multi-year transformational agreement between Biocon Biologics and Civica creates an exclusive distributorship arrangement where Biocon Biologics will manufacture and supply Insulin Glargine medicine to Civica, and…

Crypto heavyweight Kraken said on Thursday it has acquired futures exchange Small Exchange from IG Group for $100 million, paving the way to launch a fully U.S.-based derivatives suite.Small Exchange is a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-licensed designated contract market, giving Kraken a regulated venue to offer futures and options to both retail and institutional clients.”Under CFTC oversight, Kraken can now integrate clearing, risk and matching into one environment that meets the same standards as the largest exchanges in the world,” Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Kraken said in a statement. Once the preserve of banks and brokers, the derivatives market…