SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

By Nqobile Dludla and Siyanda Mthethwa JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk introduced its weight-loss drug Wegovy in South Africa on Thursday, marking its debut in Africa and stepping up competition with Eli Lilly's ( LLY ) Mounjaro launched in the country eight months earlier. South Africa, which has the continent's fourth-highest number of adults with diabetes,...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Farm-equipment maker Deere & Co ( DE ) reported a lower third-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by muted demand and headwinds from U.S. tariffs. The company's net income in the quarter came in at $1.29 billion, or $4.75 per share, compared with $1.73 billion, or $6.29 per share, a year earlier. (Reporting by Nathan Gomes in...

* WhatsApp says Russia is trying to block its service * Millions of Russians use WhatsApp, Telegram every day * Moscow says WhatsApp, Telegram are not cooperating with police * Government urges Russians to migrate to new, state-backed app (Rewrites, adds bullet points, detail throughout) MOSCOW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - WhatsApp accused Moscow of trying to block millions of Russians...