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Nigeria to free 313 suspected Boko Haram insurgents for lack of evidence
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defence spokesperson said on Thursday. In ...
US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat galactosemia, a rare genetic metabolic disease, the company said on Thursday. The health regulator will now give its ...
Biden restores endangered species protections rolled back by Trump
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal government more leeway to designate plants or animals as ...
Bristol Myers' bowel disease drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study. Crohn's disease, which results in the swelling or ...
Egypt population growth continues slowing to 1.4%, government says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Population growth in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, slowed to 1.4% in 2023, its lowest rate in decades, the planning ministry said on Thursday. The need to limit population growth is a favourite theme of Egyptian ...
Baltimore bridge disaster: immigrants died doing job 'others do not want to do'
By Gabriella Borter BALTIMORE (Reuters) - They came to the United States for a chance at a better life. They found work filling pot holes on a bridge in the middle of the night, and they ended up dead in the Baltimore harbor. The six victims of ...
Trudeau blames conservative premiers for problems with national child-care program
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed conservative premiers for any shortfalls in his child-care program, accusing the provincial governments of not moving fast enough to build spaces. Trudeau was in Vancouver on Thursday, announcing ...
Brazil's Lula says current EU-Mercosur deal negotiations look more promising than before
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that the trade deal which Mercosur and the European Union blocs have been negotiating looks more promising than a previous version. In a press conference ...
Islamic State spokesperson praises group's attack on concert hall in Russia
CAIRO (Reuters) - The spokesperson for Islamic State praised the group's attack that killed more than 140 people in a Russian concert hall near Moscow. Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari was speaking in a recorded message posted on Thursday on the militant ...
Israel has not received everything it has asked for, top US general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top general said on Thursday that Israel had not received every weapon that it has asked for, in part because President Joe Biden's administration was not willing to provide at least some of them.