US drugmaker Pfizer on Friday said it would end a clinical trial of its developmental weight loss pill after high side effect rates caused most participants to stop using it. A twice-daily dosing of the highly anticipated drug danuglipron was found...
Rockstar Games said it will release a trailer next Tuesday for the first installment in a decade of “Grand Theft Auto,” video-gaming’s controversial blockbuster. In a minimalist post on social media, the company said that...
The United States remains “intensely focused” on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the resumption of the Israel-Hamas war after a week-long truce, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. “We remained intensely focused on...
Retired US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the nation’s highest court and a noted pragmatist in an age of deep division, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died at her home in Phoenix...
Germany on Friday said it had a “very clear” position on Iran after a prominent women’s rights campaigner stormed out of a government meeting and accused officials of helping Tehran “silence dissidents”. Iranian...
Canada‘s unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 5.8 percent in November, continuing an upward trend observed since April, the national statistical agency said Friday. The country eked out modest job gains, adding 25,000 net new...
Jordan’s king said Friday that war was making the threats from climate change even worse in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities resumed between Israel and Hamas after a week-long truce. King Abdullah II told the UN’s COP28 climate talks in...
Iran warned of “severe consequences” as the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas resumed on Friday after a seven-day truce expired. Militants from the Iran-backed Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7...
The UN’s top court Friday ordered Venezuela not to take any action to upset the status quo with Guyana, two days before a potentially explosive referendum over a disputed oil-rich territory. Without expressly mentioning the vote planned for...
The United States is preparing to impose a visa ban on Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a senior US State Department official said Friday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Israeli...
The EU on Friday demanded Instagram-owner Meta provide more information about measures taken by the company to address child sexual abuse online. The request for information focuses on Meta’s risk assessment and mitigation measures...
The United States will continue to press for extending a truce in Gaza, the White House said Friday, as intense fighting erupted once again in the Israel-Hamas war. “We continue to work with Israel, Egypt, and Qatar on efforts to extend the...
The Israeli military said Friday that it had hit “over 200 terror targets” after the end of a truce pausing fighting between it and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Over the last few hours, ground, air and naval forces struck terror...
An Israeli government spokesman said Friday that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas “will now take the mother of all thumpings” after a truce in the Gaza Strip expired and hostilities resumed. “Unfortunately, Hamas decided to...
Israeli officials had intelligence that Palestinian militant group Hamas was preparing a wide-ranging attack before its October 7 assault but dismissed the reports, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper said a document obtained by...
