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By Jennifer Rigby

LONDON (Reuters) - Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50% more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday.

Over the same period, the number of years lost due to factors associated with undernutrition for mothers and children, such as stunting or wasting, dropped by 71.5%.

(Reuters) - A protracted air raid alert in most of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region was lifted early on Friday after officials reported Russian drone strikes and a missile warning in the city of Kharkiv.

Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said at least five drones had struck Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the city's Osnovyanskyi district had been hit, triggering a fire.

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(Reuters) - Online vehicle auction services provider Copart marginally beat third-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday as vehicle sales increased.

The Dallas-based company, which primarily provides services to sell damaged and total-loss vehicles to used-car dealers and dismantlers, has benefited from robust volumes of salvage vehicles.

Copart reported total revenue of $1.13 billion in the third quarter, compared with analysts' estimates... (continue reading...)

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina achieved a fiscal surplus of 17.4 billion pesos ($19.6 million) for April, the economy minister said on Thursday, marking the fourth successive month that public spending figures were in positive territory under new President Javier Milei.

Luis Caputo, Milei's economy chief, revealed the monthly budget surplus in a post on X.

The government of Milei, a libertarian economist, achieved a first-quarter... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Super Hi International, which operates Chinese hotpot restaurant chain Haidilao in the overseas market, on Thursday priced its initial public offering in the United States at $19.56 per share.

The Chinese restaurant brand raised $52.7 million by selling nearly 2.7 American Depositary Shares (ADS).

The IPO price is at a discount of 9.9% from the as-converted last close of Super Hi's Hong Kong-listed shares, and gives the... (continue reading...)