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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX, is scheduled to visit Indonesia to launch its satellite unit Starlink this Sunday, according to two cabinet ministers.

Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, a close ally of President Joko Widodo, said Musk would launch the service on the holiday island of Bali alongside the Indonesian leader.

While Indonesian officials have several times previously announced Musk would visit the country to... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Pfizer has agreed offer payment of up to $250 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits in the United States over cancer risks associated with its now-discontinued heartburn drug Zantac, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

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