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US healthcare conglomerate CVS Health says it plans to separate its roughly 9,000 pharmacies, in-store clinics and mail-order prescription business from its insurance and benefits operations, including Aetna and Caremark.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe pound has reached its highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveDemocrats secured control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, while contests in Mississippi and Alaska remained too close to call and markets reacted positively.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveUkraine says body-camera footage shows Russian forces carrying out a second strike after an earlier attack on a village. Kyiv says at least 40 people were killed and another 30 may remain under rubble.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveThe French Blood Establishment says hackers affected cold rooms used to store blood, although the reported information does not identify the perpetrators or detail the extent of the disruption.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveAn Australian think tank says a lack of transparency and legislation governing automated decision-making could lead to another Robodebt-style scandal, and calls for mandatory audits and a public register.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveA hack of Binance, described as the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is said to have resulted in a $6.3bn theft. North Korea was quickly identified as a suspected perpetrator.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveDelhi’s air quality deteriorated ahead of Diwali, with the air quality index reaching 377 on Wednesday morning, a level classified as “very poor.”
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFenerbahce defeated Liverpool 3-2 in the Champions League in Istanbul, overcoming two occasions when Liverpool had taken the lead.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveLIV Golf is expected to announce that it will wind down after a financing firm withdrew its support, according to the report.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveIndonesia has deployed more than 20,000 troops and personnel to Jakarta while authorities investigate alleged illegal wiretapping targeting President Prabowo Subianto. Three senior police generals have been detained.
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