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US regulators approved CSL Behring’s hemophilia B gene therapy, a one-off infusion that frees patients from regular treatments but costs $3.5 million a dose, making it the most expensive medicine in the world. CSL Behring’s Hemgenix, administered just once, cut the number of bleeding events expected over the course of a year by 54 percent, […]

The company tasked with locking down assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading said it has recovered $740 million in assets so far, a fraction of the potential billions of dollars likely missing from FTX’s coffers. Cryptocurrency custodial company BitGo disclosed the figure on Wednesday in court filings. FTX hired BitGo hours after the […]

African leaders have declared a cessation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo starting Friday, according to a joint statement released after talks in the Angolan capital Luanda, with the aim of ending fighting between Congolese troops and M23 rebels. An agreement was reached for an “immediate ceasefire” in the DRC at 6pm […]

Germany has decided to withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman has said, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the rebellion-hit country. The government will propose to parliament that Germany’s commitment to the MINUSMA operation be extended “in May 2023 for the last […]

Former President Trump’s bid to prevent the Congress from accessing tax returns has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for a congressional committee to receive Donald Trump’s tax returns, rejecting an appeal from the former president and capping a long-running legal battle over the carefully guarded papers. […]

A news chopper crash has killed a pilot and a meteorologist in North Carolina. The two people were killed Tuesday after a TV news helicopter crashed along an interstate highway in Charlotte, N.C. The chopper crashed around Interstate 77 around 12:20 p.m. and both victims were confirmed dead at the scene, according to a tweet […]

Student loan payment pause has been extended in the United States while the debt relief program is tied up in court. The White House is extending the pause on federal student loan payments through the end of June 2023 in an effort to “alleviate uncertainty” for borrowers. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration […]

Uganda’s army have said on Monday that it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of instability. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which DRC joined this year, agreed in April to […]

England hammered Iran 6-2 on Monday in an emphatic World Cup opener. This is all thanks to two goals from Bukayo Saka and strikes by Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, before substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish rounded off the rout. England had come close to taking the lead in the Group B opener, with […]

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have sent their condolences to the Indonesian President following a deadly earthquake on Java island, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. The quake has insofar killed at least 46. In a letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo the Crown Prince, who […]

Players of Iran’s national soccer team chose not to sing their country’s anthem at their opening World Cup match against England on Monday. This was in an apparent show of support for protesters back home. The players were silent as the anthem was played at the Khalifa International Stadium, where Iranian fans gathered in the […]

The world’s longest-serving president has sought re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime marked by alleged human rights abuses including torture and disappearances. Some opposition candidates are standing, but they are not expected to win. The president has a strong grip on […]

Jason David Frank, one of the original members of the Power Rangers has died at age 49. This was confirmed by TMZ on Sunday. Sources close to Frank confirmed that he passed away from suicide at the age of 49. However, the Associated Press reported Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement that Frank […]

A Saudi’s real estate company has signed a deal with the Trump Organization to build a project worth over $4 billion. Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al Arkan real estate company has signed a deal with the Trump Organization to develop a signature Trump Resort worth $4 billion in Muscat, Oman. The 100-meter-high hilltop development is set […]

Enner Valencia’s two first-half goals led Ecuador to a dominant 2-0 victory over Qatar on Sunday. This ler the home nation froze on their big night with an error-strewn display that left them as the first World Cup hosts to lose their opening game. Valencia already had a third-minute header ruled out by VAR for […]

Emmanuel Macron has accused Russia of feeding disinformation to further its “predatory project” in Africa, where France has had military setbacks. In an interview with TV5 Monde on the sidelines of a conference of Francophone nations in Tunisia, he said there was a “predatory project” pushing disinformation into African countries, which was “a political project […]

Elon Musk has allowed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter account to be restored after users on the social media website voted 52% to 48% to allow the former leader’s return. Trump’s once-blocked account reappeared on the platform Sunday, minutes after company owner Musk announced he was lifting the 22-month suspension on the former president […]

A Saudi national has been sentenced to death for smuggling drugs. The national was caught with banned amphetamine tablets near the country’s northern border with Jordan. This was reported by Saudi Press Agency on Sunday citing the Ministry of Interior. Mohammed bin Saud al-Ruwaili was found guilty of smuggling the illicit substance and sentenced on […]

Qatar’s emir said the World Cup gathers people of all beliefs. Qatar’s Bedouin roots, embodied in a tent-shaped stadium, were on display on Sunday as the country’s emir opened the World Cup at a ceremony during which he kissed his father’s hand and welcomed the world to soccer’s biggest event, the first time it has […]

The United Nations’ Security Council needs to take “significant measures” in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations said on Sunday. The Security Council is set to discuss North Korea in a meeting on Monday at the request of the […]