By Elizabeth Piper, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Eight Conservatives will fight it out to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister after winning enough nominations from their colleagues to go through to…
Two pig heart transplants succeed in brain-dead recipients
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Surgeons at New York University (NYU) have successfully transplanted genetically-engineered pig hearts into two brain-dead people, researchers said on Tuesday, moving a step closer to a long-term goal of using pig parts to ad…
Biden approval rating rises modestly from record low – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating rose three percentage points this week to 39%, rebounding from a week earlier when it matched the lowest level of his presidency, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll compl…
It’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset,’ says Musk
(Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Monday it was time for Donald Trump to “hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” days after the former U.S. President mocked the billionaire at a political rally and called him a “Bull***t artist.” Writing on Twitter, Mu…
Amgen’s Lumakras combination data held for August lung cancer meeting
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Trial data on Amgen Inc’s Lumakras will be released later on Tuesday by the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), but meeting organizers decided to hold until Aug. 7 results from a study in combination with drugs that hel…
Fatty ‘katsuo’ fish may foreshadow climate change, threat to Japan’s sushi
By Kantaro Komiya NAKATOSA, Japan (Reuters) – For half a century, Takeo Nakajo has been catching katsuo, or skipjack tuna – indispensable in Japanese cuisine whether eaten raw, dried or used as a base for the broth. But he and other fishermen in Kure, …
San Francisco reaches $58 million opioid settlement with Teva, Allergan
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco just before completion of a trial over claims that they fueled an opioid epidemic in the…
Biden calls migration a ‘hemispheric challenge’ in meeting with Mexican president
By Nandita Bose and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called migration a shared “hemispheric challenge” in a meeting with Mexico’s leader while also saying the two countries would make infrastructure investments at t…
U.S. lawmakers ask Biden administration why some China solar giants left off slave labor list
(Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked U.S. customs officials to explain why three major Chinese solar energy companies were excluded from a list of importers whose products are banned under a new law aimed at cracking down on forced labor. …
White House cites slower growth but no recession with eye on gas prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States appears to be shifting to a period of slower job and economic growth, and recent economic data was not consistent with recession in the first or second quarters of this year, White House officials said on Tuesday…