TRIPOLI, Oct 19 (Reuters) – At least nine members of a security agency were killed and several others wounded by a mortar blast during a training exercise in a city west of Libya’s capital Tripoli late on Sunday, a local TV channel said. The blast,…
SAO PAULO, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s lead over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has narrowed ahead of an October 25 runoff, two polls showed on Monday, pointing to a close race between the right-wing lawmaker and the leftist incumbent. The…
By Olena Harmash KYIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Ukraine received no advance warning from its partners of a Russian ballistic missile strike overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after Moscow launched one of its broadest air assaults in months, cutting power to more than half a…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences said on Monday its experimental once-daily pill reduced symptoms of a chronic bowel illness in more patients than placebo in a mid-stage trial. • The drug, emvistegrast, was being tested in adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, a…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Hong Kong-listed Metis TechBio on Monday said it has entered a collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly worth up to $1.1 billion for the research and development of tissue-specific drug delivery technologies. (Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – China’s Hansoh Pharmaceutical said on Monday its units have entered into a partnership and licensing deal with Roche, potentially worth more than $15 billion, that covers a portfolio of antibody-drug conjugate programs. As part of the deal with the Swiss drugmaker’s…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Netflix investors are expecting details on how the streaming giant plans to sustain growth when it reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, as competition intensifies and user engagement shows signs of fatigue. Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, recently admitted the company…
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the US House…
By Howard Schneider CLEVELAND, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The artificial intelligence boom, increasingly acknowledged at the Federal Reserve as helping drive inflation, has left central bankers faced with cooling the rest of the economy to lower price pressures amplified by an industry of marquee names…
By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Oil-rich Alberta holds a nonbinding referendum on Monday on whether the western province should secede from Canada, a debate many believe will not be settled by what is widely expected to be a defeat for the separatist…
