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Cerevel Therapeutics' Parkinson's disease drug meets main goal in late-stage study

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

(Reuters) - Cerevel Therapeutics said on Thursday its Parkinson's disease drug met the main goal of a late-stage trial. (Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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Elevance beats first-quarter profit estimates on higher premiums

Reuters |Updated 10 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Elevance Health beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, as higher premiums in its commercial insurance business helped keep medical costs for the insurer in check. On an adjusted basis, the company made a ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023.

After COVID, WHO defines disease spread 'through air'

Jennifer Rigby |Updated 29 minutes ago |2 min read

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that ...

Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust,”  in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023.

Alec Baldwin's criminal case hinges on a Wild West revolver

Andrew Hay |Updated 30 minutes ago |4 min read

By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A Colt .45 "Peacemaker" revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is at the center of actor Alec Baldwin's fight to avoid criminal prosecution for the 2021 fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer ...

The BYD EV Dolphin Mini is displayed as the Chinese electric-vehicle producer announces the launch of the low-cost EV in Mexico City, Mexico February 28, 2024.

Exclusive-Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers

Diego Oré |Updated 31 minutes ago |5 min read

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's federal government, under pressure from the U.S., is keeping Chinese automakers at arm's length by refusing to offer such incentives as low-cost public land or tax cuts for investment in EV ...

Attendees listen to remarks by Republican Kari Lake at an event for her U.S. Senate campaign, at Great American Pizza and Subs in Golden Valley, Arizona, U.S., April 13, 2024.

Abortion, border dominate US Senate race in battleground Arizona

Ted Hesson |Updated 40 minutes ago |5 min read

By Ted Hesson GOLDEN VALLEY, Arizona (Reuters) - A restrictive abortion ban revived in Arizona is providing a new opening for Democrats in the runup to the Nov. 5 election and putting Republicans in a tricky political bind as they try to win over ...

An aerial view of the Heavenly Farms pecan orchard along the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 29, 2023.

Parched Texas growing season looms as US, Mexico spar over water treaty

Leah Douglas, Cassandra Garrison and Marcelo Teixeira |Updated 40 minutes ago |3 min read

By Leah Douglas, Cassandra Garrison and Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) - Texas farm groups warn of a disastrous season ahead for citrus and sugar as Mexican and U.S. officials try to resolve a dispute over a decades-old water treaty that supplies ...

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign stop at Sanaa convenient store, in the Harlem section of New York City, U.S., April 16, 2024.

Trump hush money jury selection resumes as lawyers probe for bias

Jack Queen, Luc Cohen |Updated 40 minutes ago |3 min read

By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Donald Trump is due in Manhattan court on Thursday as lawyers continue searching for jurors to decide the former U.S. president’s fate in a historic criminal trial just months before his upcoming rematch ...

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame pose for the media, ahead of their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 9, 2024. Alberto Pezzali/Pool via

UK's Rwanda asylum plan to be debated on April 22

Reuters |Updated 50 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will be debated on April 22 in the House of Commons, the government said on Thursday, setting the date for the latest stage in a protracted battle over the scheme. On Wednesday, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting on Capri Island, Italy, Thursday, April 18, 2024.     Gregorio Borgia/Pool via REUTERS

G7 foreign ministers seek urgent defence support for Ukraine

Angelo Amante, Crispian Balmer |Updated 50 minutes ago |3 min read

By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers warned on Thursday that Ukraine risked being defeated by Russia unless it received more air defences, as Kyiv urged a change ...

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