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The US owner of Schwartz herbs and spices has won the battle to acquire Reckitt Benckiser’s food business in a deal worth $4.2bn (£3.2bn).McCormick & Co saw off competition from consumer giant Unilever and Hormel Foods, the US owner of Spam, to buy the

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Media playback is unsupported on your device US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had another, previously undisclosed conversation at this month’s G20, the White House has confirmed.They spoke towards the end of a formal dinner

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The gap between the richest and poorest households in the UK has narrowed since the recession of 2007-08, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).In its latest report on living standards, the IFS said rising employment and sharp falls in income in the

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Audi has been criticised for an advert in China, which thousands of internet users have branded sexist.The ad compares buying a car to finding a wife, saying “an important decision must be made carefully”.It shows a woman having her nose, ears and teeth

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Users of the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp have reported disruptions in China, prompting censorship claims.Many reported that voice messaging and pictures wouldn’t send without a virtual private network (VPN) to circumvent China’s censorship

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North Sea cod is now sustainable and can be eaten with a “clear conscience”, a fisheries body has said.The fish has been considered under threat for more than a decade after stocks fell to 36,000 tonnes in 2006.But the industry has agreed measures to help

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In Zimbabwe, thousands of depression sufferers are being helped by a network of grandmothers trained in talking therapies, who meet their patients on “Friendship Benches” outside health clinics.In poorly-resourced hospitals in East Africa and India,

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For some of us, holidays are becoming more than just a chance to relax in the sun but the chance to experience something different – and this growth in out-of-the-way travel is playing a vital role in many countries’ economic development. “I like to

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Canadians reeling from high prices at home helped fuel an increase foreign home purchases in the US, according to a survey of US property agents.Canadians spent $19bn, more than double the previous year, much of it in the sunny southern state of Florida, the National

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