McDonald’s Corp. MCD 2.74% is poised to prevail in a proxy fight with activist Carl Icahn, who challenged the fast-food chain over its suppliers’ treatment of pregnant pigs, people familiar…

SYDNEY—When Anthony Albanese, Australia’s new center-left prime minister, sits down with President Biden at this week’s Quad summit it will bring together two leaders who emphasized their working-class upbringings in…

TK’EMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC, British Columbia—A year after evidence of graves was found in an orchard next to a former boarding school for indigenous children, Canada is still grappling with its…

SEOUL—North Korea, which hasn’t vaccinated its population, imposed a lockdown in all its major cities after it reported its first local case of Covid-19 more than two years after the…

Swedish Match AB said Wednesday that its board agreed to a 161.2 billion Swedish krona cash offer, equivalent to $16 billion, from Philip Morris International Inc. Under the proposal, subject to…

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Philip Morris International is in advanced talks to acquire Swedish Match according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could be valued at $15 billion or more…

The Biden administration proposed a national ban on menthol cigarettes, advancing a regulatory plan that could sweep from the market more than a third of all cigarettes sold in the…

Some of the nation’s largest pharmacies have blocked or delayed prescriptions over the last year from clinicians working for telehealth startups that have sprung up to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,…

Activision Blizzard said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after allegations of workplace discrimination and a toxic culture at the videogame company led…