Sept 28 (Reuters) – Merck said on Monday it would pay up to $2.13 billion under a global licensing deal with China’s SciBrunch Therapeutics for rights to develop, manufacture and sell an experimental cancer treatment. The deal underscores Merck’s efforts to broaden its cancer drug…
(fixes tag on headline, no change to story) Sept 28 (Reuters) – Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said he was surprised and honoured that Olympic champion Leon Marchand knew who he was, after the Frenchman described the 17-year-old as a “scary” prospect ahead of the 2028…
Sept 28 (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in a Myanmar military airstrike on Monday near a market in the country’s war-torn Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh, according to a rebel group that controls the area and a local aid worker. • At least…
By Michel Rose PARIS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Europe was built on a “Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian foundation”, invoking the continent’s religious heritage in a speech alongside Pope Leo. The remarks were notable from the leader of a constitutionally…
ZURICH, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery at its pharma investor day on Monday. Roche is committed to “AI independence” in R&D and has recently started building autonomous…
By Jarrett Renshaw Sept 28 (Reuters) – Donald Trump Jr.-backed Unusual Machines and an unnamed US asset management company have invested $10 million in Canadian drone services firm Draganfly, as defense sector investments gather pace amid persistent geopolitical tensions. In a statement on Monday, Draganfly…
By Sarah Morland Sept 28 (Reuters) – A Haitian American pastor accused by US prosecutors of helping orchestrate the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise so he could take over the Caribbean nation’s leadership is due to stand trial in Miami on Monday. Christian…
By Joshua McElwee and Elizabeth Pineau METZ, France, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo said on Monday that negotiators seeking to end war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia’s bloody war in Ukraine continue…
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Filipino fans came from far and wide to watch Alex Eala at the Asian Games tennis on Monday but had their spirits dampened as poor weather caused the women’s top seed to be shifted to a closed indoor court for…
SAO PAULO, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro remain statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month’s election, while the leftist incumbent widened his lead in first-round voting intentions, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll showed…
