By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pharmaceuticals industry has thrown in the towel in a legal battle over new cost curbs imposed by the state-run health service, after failing to secure a judicial review. Drugmakers argue the curbs, imposed earlier this year, have the potential to cause significant delays for patients waiting for treatment […]
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s telecommunications regulator IFT on Thursday asked billionaire Carlos Slim’s company America Movil to modify a proposal to separate out its fixed-line services, the regulator said in a statement. (Reporting by David Alire Garcia)
Read More GENEVA (Reuters) – A weak La Nina pattern, possibly affecting weather and rainfall over large parts of the world, may develop and cool the Pacific Ocean in the final quarter of this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. La Nina, which can cause floods and droughts, has a 50 to 55 percent […]
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Coach Steve Hansen has underlined the All Blacks’ ruthless nature by arguably naming his strongest available team for their Rugby Championship finale against South Africa, with all of his rested players coming back into the starting side. Hansen allowed four players — lock Sam Whitelock, flankers Sam Cane and Liam Squire […]
Read More (Reuters) – Tropical Depression 16 in the Caribbean Sea could strengthen into a tropical storm before it moves inland over northeastern Nicaragua on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The depression was about 95 miles (155 km) south-southeast of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kmh), the NHC said. […]
Read More (Reuters) – A new tropical depression at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides over portions of Central America, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday. “The depression should be nearing the coast of Nicaragua early Thursday, move across northeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras late Thursday, and […]
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika immune responses in an early stage human trial, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Unlike conventional vaccines, which often use inactivated or killed versions of a virus, the Inovio-GeneOne shot is a synthetic […]
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he hoped recent devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean and southern United States would convince climate change skeptics like U.S. President Donald Trump that global warming is a “major threat.” Guterres, who will visit the Caribbean islands of Antigua, Barbuda […]
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By Hugh Bronstein and Gabriel Stargardter BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – While his competitors wait for diesel to restart generators knocked out by Hurricane Maria, flower grower Hector Santiago is already back in business because of solar panels powering his 40-acre (16.2-hectare) nursery in central Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory is in a near blackout, […]
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By Vladimir Soldatkin and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a deal between OPEC and other oil producers to reduce production could be extended to the end of 2018, a longer timeframe than others have suggested till now in the bid to curb a supply glut. The pact between […]
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By Roberta Rampton and Gabriel Stargardter SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump expressed satisfaction on Tuesday with the federal response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, despite criticism that the government was slow to address the crisis. Trump, who has grappled with hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in the past […]
Read More (Reuters) – A low pressure system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone and could intensify into a tropical depression in the next couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. “The large disturbance should move slowly north-westward across or near the eastern […]
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