The average rate of teens beginning treatment with the highly effective Novo Nordisk drug grew 50% last year to 14.8 prescriptions per 100,000 adolescents, according to an analysis by health data firm Truveta. That’s up from a rate of 9.9 prescriptions per 100,000 in 2023, the first full year that Wegovy was available to children […]
Rescuers in the Palestinian territory said Israeli fire targeting civilians near an aid distribution centre in the southern city of Rafah killed 27 people on Tuesday, raising an earlier toll. It came after a similar incident on Sunday when rescuers said 31 people were killed at the same location, witnesses saying they had been on […]
After 3.3-percent growth last year, the world economy is now expected to expand by a “modest” 2.9 percent in 2025 and 2026, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. In its previous report in March, the OECD had forecast growth of 3.1 percent for 2025 and 3.0 percent for 2026. Since then, Trump […]
Six months after the ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, the United States is steadily drawing down its presence as part of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), a military task force launched in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group (IS). “The reduction of our OIR engagement on a military basis is happening,” the US […]
Azerbaijan’s top foreign policy adviser, Hikmet Hajiyev, confirmed that Baku has hosted more than three rounds of talks between Turkey and Israel, who are both operating in Syria to reduce what they see as security threats. “Azerbaijan is making diplomatic efforts for an agreement,” Hajiyev told Turkish journalists in Baku on a visit organised by […]
Speaking to the Trump 100 podcast, Matthew Miller, who, as a state department spokesman, was the voice and face of the US government’s foreign policy under Mr Biden, revealed disagreements, tensions, and challenges within the former administration. “Look, one of the things about being a spokesperson is you’re not a spokesperson for yourself. You are […]
The soldiers’ deaths were announced hours after Hamas’ armed wing said on Monday its fighters were engaging in “fierce clashes” with Israeli forces in the north of the territory. Israel began its offensive in Gaza after Hamas militants attacked Israel. Israel says 1,200 people were killed and 251 people taken hostage in Gaza. An additional […]
The Justice Department’s request came after San Francisco-based US District Judge Susan Illston blocked large-scale federal layoffs, known as “reductions in force,” in a May 22 ruling siding with a group of unions, non-profit groups, and local governments that challenged the administration. The case involves the US Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, […]
Brent crude futures gained 55 cents, or 0.85%, to $65.18 a barrel by 0000 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 59 cents, or 0.94%, to $63.11 a barrel, after rising around 1% earlier in the session. Both contracts gained nearly 3% in the previous session after OPEC+ agreed to keep output increases in […]
Delegations from both sides did, however, agree another large-scale prisoner exchange in their meeting in Istanbul, which in mid-May also hosted their first round of face-to-face talks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump come together for a third round later this month in either […]
