German verdict to delay circumcision, not ban it, jurist says

PARIS (Reuters) – A widely criticized German court verdict on religious circumcision this week aims only to delay the act, not ban it, and is not directed against any faith, a jurist with a leading role in the legal debate said on Friday. The operation does serious bodily harm and only males old enough to consent to it freely should undergo it, said Holm Putzke, law professor at Passau University in southern Germany. …

Bayer Q1 profit beats estimates on pesticides sales

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Quarterly earnings at Germany’s largest drugmaker Bayer surpassed expectations as strong sales of farming pesticides offset margin pressure at its engineering plastics unit. First-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the group rose 9.4 percent to 2.44 billion euros ($3.22 billion), above the average estimate of 2.23 billion in a Reuters poll. The shares were indicated about 3 percent higher in the pre-market trades, outperforming a flat benchmark index DAX. …

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