Under pressure from U.S. activist investor Engine Capital, Smiths Group also said it would divest its interconnect arm, which supplies electronic components, to focus on industrial technologies ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump - who during his first term used a "maximum pressure" sanctions policy against President Nicolas Maduro - referred to Maduro as a dictator during the 2024 U.S. campaign.