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White House announces deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices

President Trump announced Thursday that he’s reached a drug pricing deal with Regeneron, the last holdout among the 17 large pharmaceutical companies to agree to most-favored-nation prices in the U.S. The administration made similar deals with drug companies to lower…

Huge chunk of glacier blocks Everest route in peak climbing season

Sherpas cannot prepare the route to the world’s highest peak because a huge block of ice is in the way. Source link

Man accused of plotting Jazz Fest mass shooting arrested in Florida

Florida authorities have arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival and then be killed by police, an arrest that came just as the city’s Jazz & Heritage Festival…

Trump tells BBC that King's visit could 'absolutely' help repair relations with UK

In a phone interview with the BBC’s North America editor, the president discussed next week’s visit and his relationship with the UK PM. Source link

Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl disaster

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in…

South African court orders Zambia to return former president's body

Zambia authorities and Edgar Lungu’s family are in a dispute over where the former leader’s remains should be buried. Source link

MrBeast employee alleges she was harassed for years and fired after maternity leave in a new lawsuit

A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast’s media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender…

BBC visits migrant camp in northern France as new deal announced

The UK is set to sign a new three-year deal with Paris aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats. Worth more than £600 million, the deal will mean riot police are deployed on French beaches. The Home…

Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor

HOUSTON — A Houston city ordinance that limited police officers’ cooperation with federal immigration agents was amended on Wednesday after Texas’ governor threatened to take away millions of dollars in public safety grants. Houston, as well as Austin and Dallas…

Lebanese journalist killed in targeted Israeli airstrikes, officials say

Aoun said preserving Lebanese sovereignty over all of its territory was his top priority, and that Lebanese negotiators would seek an end to Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, release of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, deployment of…