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LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London's High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing.

In March, the High Court provisionally gave Assange, 52, permission to appeal on three grounds. But it gave the U.S. the opportunity to provide satisfactory assurances that it would not seek the... (continue reading...)

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has detained the captain of a Swiss-based cruise ship involved in a collision with a small motor boat on the Danube River late on Saturday that killed two people, with five others still missing, police said on Monday.

The accident was reported on Saturday night after a 35-year-old man was found with a bleeding head wound near a main road by the river near Veroce, 55 km (34 miles) north of the capital Budapest.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Wix.com, which helps small businesses build and operate websites, reported on Monday a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly net profit, boosted by its new artificial intelligence (AI) and Studio products for designing advanced websites.

The Israeli company posted earnings of $1.29 per diluted share, excluding one-time items, compared with 91 cents per share a year earlier. Revenue for the January-March quarter grew 12% to $420... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Hedge fund Shah Capital said on Monday it would withdraw its campaign against the re-election of three directors on Novavax's board, after the COVID-19 vaccine maker struck a licensing deal with Sanofi.

Under a deal signed on May 10, the French drugmaker will take a 4.9% stake in Novavax for $70 million at a lofty valuation.

It includes an upfront cash payment of $500 million and future payments contingent on certain... (continue reading...)

By Paul Sandle

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's infected blood scandal that has killed 3,000 people and left thousands more suffering with hepatitis or HIV was no accident, a public inquiry found on Monday, blaming a catalogue of failures by government and doctors.

Inquiry chair Brian Langstaff said more than 30,000 people received infected blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s from Britain's state-funded National Health Service,... (continue reading...)