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Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on the costs they pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face thousands of dollars in annual costs for insulin they need in […]

WASHINGTON — NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defense system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky, oblong-shaped object’s path a bit more than previously calculated. Those were among the findings released by scientists on Wednesday in the […]

Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is “extremely intense,” a Ukrainian military official said Tuesday, although little territory has changed hands between Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces. In his nightly address Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in Bakhmut “is getting more and more complicated.” He said Russian forces are “constantly destroying […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN — The big beasts of the telecom industry kicked off their most important annual get-together in Barcelona on Monday, promising to lead a “tsunami of innovation”, as they try to shrug off a major slump across the technology sector. Some 80,000 delegates are expected at the four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is back […]

We’re nearing the start of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, as 20 countries are set to compete in the two-week tournament for a chance to be crowned as “World Champions.” Odds on which country will emerge victorious in the fifth iteration of the WBC have been available for a handful of weeks, but DraftKings Sportsbook just posted […]

The woman who returned Lady Gaga’s stolen dogs has filed a lawsuit against the star. In February 2021, Ryan Fischer was hospitalised after he was shot while walking three of the Rain on Me singer’s French Bulldogs in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Two of the dogs were taken in the incident but were dropped off at […]

RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued good health and happiness, and the government and people of the Dominican Republic steady progress and prosperity. […]

PARIS — Only a bold and ambitious U.N. treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world’s waste crisis, experts said Monday. Even if measures thought to have the greatest potential for reducing plastic consumption are implemented, they would still fail to prevent a substantial rise in plastics production and use, […]

Billie Eilish has been granted a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, a judge has ordered the man – identified as Raymond Black – to stay at least 100 yards (91 metres) from the 21-year-old singer’s Los Angeles home. The judge approved the order based on “a […]

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is undergoing a fevered competition among states to win a potential Tesla facility in jostling reminiscent of what happens among U.S. cities and states vying to win investments from tech companies. Mexican governors have gone to extremes, like putting up billboards, creating special car lanes or creating mock-ups of Tesla ads for […]