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Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions

LARGO, Maryland/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by Medicare by as much as 79%, hoping to save $6 billion in the first year as part of a plan hailed yesterday by President Joe Biden with the aim to ease anger about high prices ahead of November elections.

Trump tackles Harris’ economic record at rambling press conference

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey,  (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to tie his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to the Biden administration’s economic record yesterday during a meandering, 80-minute press conference at his New Jersey golf club, his latest effort to blunt her momentum.

Government hospitals across India suspended services this week against a doctor's rape and murder. (AP PHOTO)

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

KOLKATA, India,  (Reuters) – Holding candles, hundreds of thousands of women marched through the night in cities across India, to protest the brutal rape and murder of a young female doctor in a hospital that has fueled anger over a lack of safety for women despite tough new laws.

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