Dec 08, 2023
White House ‘eager’ to resume military talks with China

By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The United States and China are yet to resume the military-to-military talks their leaders agreed to at a splashy summit last month, according to the White House, which wants…

Dec 08, 2023
US FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

By Leroy Leo and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease, making one of them the first treatment in the United States based on the Nobel Prize-winning…

Dec 07, 2023
Trump shows up at NY civil trial as case winds down

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump arrived at a New York court on Thursday to attend his ongoing civil fraud trial, where his defense team is arguing that the former U.S. president's family company did not manipulate the…

Dec 07, 2023
WHO says more contaminated medicinal syrups found in new regions

By Jennifer Rigby and Shubhendu Deshmukh (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Thursday said several contaminated syrups and suspension medicines had been identified in countries in the WHO regions of the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and the Western…

Dec 07, 2023
Tucker Carlson’s new media company moves toward launch

By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new media company has begun building its base of paying subscribers as it moves toward launch, its chief executive told Reuters. “We’ve opened our site for membership…

Dec 07, 2023
Magnetic surgical robot makes international debut in Chile hospital

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A robot that uses powerful magnets to perform less invasive and more efficient surgeries completed its first international procedure, a gallbladder removal, at a public hospital in Chile this week, according to the company that developed the…