Malaysia confirms first Zika case, victim had visited Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysia reported its first case of Zika on Thursday, a woman who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus after a visit to neighbouring Singapore, where 115 people have so far been infected, many of them foreigners.

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Samsung shares hit over Galaxy Note delays, battery explosion claims

SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd touched two-week lows on Thursday on concerns for mobile earnings after it delayed shipments of its premium Galaxy Note 7 smartphone amid reports of exploding batteries.

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Asian factories hobble as soft global demand hits sales

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's factories showed few signs of returning to health in August, as torpid activity in the region's biggest economies, China and Japan, suggested world demand remained fitful at best even as global policymakers scrambled to restore momentum.

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Exclusive: U.S., others agreed "secret" exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal - report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions, according to a report reviewed by Reuters.

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Shareholder committees could curb UK bosses' pay bonanza - report

LONDON (Reuters) - British public companies should be required to create shareholder committees responsible for proposing executive pay, to help constrain the spiralling salaries of top bosses, said a report published on Thursday.

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UK government needs stronger response to VW emissions scandal - committee

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government should take a tougher stance against Volkswagen after its emissions fraud, as well as increase the use of electric cars and reduce air pollution from transport, a parliamentary environment committee said on Thursday.

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U.S. accuses EU of grabbing tax revenues with Apple decision

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has accused the European Union of grabbing revenue intended for U.S. coffers when it ordered Apple Inc to pay up to $14.5 billion in back taxes, a decision that could cause friction at an international summit in China next week.

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Germany confident Italy will get sympathetic EU hearing over quake plans

MARANELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Germany reassured Italy on Wednesday that Europe would help the country after last week's deadly earthquake, with Chancellor Angela Merkel saying solutions could be found to overcome budget restrictions.

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Air strike kills 16 members of Yemeni imam's family - Reuters witness, resident

SANAA (Reuters) - At least 16 members of the extended family of a Yemeni mosque imam were killed on Wednesday in an air strike on their family home in northern Yemen by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, a Reuters witness, a medic and a resident said.

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French Coca-Cola workers find huge cocaine stash in juice delivery

PARIS (Reuters) - Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica at their factory in southern France.

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Swedish hospital behind Nobel prize criticized over medical scandal

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The reputation of the Karolinska Institute, one of Sweden's top hospitals that awards the Nobel prize for medicine, has been badly damaged by allegations patients died as a result of a surgeon performing experimental operations without clearance, an official report said.

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Gabon President Bongo re-elected with 49.80 percent - validated final results

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo has won re-election with 49.80 percent of ballots cast in a weekend poll, according to final results validated by the electoral commission and provided to Reuters by a commissioner on Wednesday.

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Israeli Jews, Muslims puzzled by French 'burkini' brouhaha

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ban full-body swimsuits, or "burkinis", on beaches.

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