By Adnan Abidi, Tyrone Siu and Sahana Bajracharya BETRAWATI, Nepal/DEVIGHAT, Nepal, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Anusa Thapa Magar rushed home from her job in the Maldives after hearing about Nepal’s devastating floods, hoping that her beloved grandmother was one of those who survived. She headed…
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Republican groups have poured $14 million into advertising in Ohio over the past week to bolster Senator Jon Husted, as recent polls show the Republican trailing Democrat Sherrod Brown in a race that could help determine…
By Ernest Scheyder Sept 18 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s goal of building a large aluminum smelter in Oklahoma passed a major hurdle in late August when Republican voters nominated a candidate for governor who supports its construction after an unusually tough primary battle. The…
By Jeffrey Dastin and Michael Erman SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the world of drug science. At a time when fears of AI are gripping…
By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) – The US is working on rules for pharmaceutical companies investing in China that would likely preserve their ability to strike most licensing deals for Chinese drugs, according to three people who have been briefed on the…
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Investors poured money into US stocks at the fastest pace in three months and yanked cash from corporate bonds in the latest week, according to a Bank of America Global Research report on Friday. This week has seen the world’s…
Sept 18 (Reuters) – The Donald Trump administration is set to announce on Friday that all 50 states would see most-favored-nation pricing for certain drugs in Medicaid programs, Semafor reported, citing administration plans. President Trump will host the governors of South Dakota, Mississippi and Arkansas…
BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian man appeared in court for the first time Friday on charges of murder and concealment of a body in connection with the death of a teenage girl in an eastern tourist city in Thailand, police said. Simon Peter Carman was…
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — South Korean field hockey players were perplexed Friday when the national anthem of North Korea was played — instead of their own — before a men’s field hockey match against Bangladesh at the Asian Games. South Korean players looked on, unsure…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday, police said. Search boats and helicopters extensively searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs after the late morning attack without finding…
