Politics
U.S. health officials want to loosen marijuana restrictions. Here’s what it means
A worker sets up Florist Farms cannabis products on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the Housing Works Cannabis Co. in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images This week, the Health and Human Services Department asked the Drug Enforcement Agency to consider easing restrictions […]
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Biden suggests he is ‘forever grateful’ to forces in Afghanistan on two-yr anniversary of exit
US troops along are found loading into a C-130 Hercules cargo airplane at Ahead Working Foundation Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan. Section of Protection photo WASHINGTON — The Biden administration acknowledged on Thursday the two-12 months anniversary of Afghanistan’s slide to the Taliban, a somber milestone adhering to a 20-12 months U.S.-led war in the region. The Taliban […]
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McConnell suffering ‘occasional lightheadedness’ but is clear to keep working, his doctor says
Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in Covington, Kentucky, August 30, 2023 in a still image […]
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Ozempic could be the next target of Medicare drug price negotiations – here’s why
A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters Ozempic, the blockbuster diabetes treatment from Novo Nordisk, could be next in line for price negotiations between manufacturers and Medicare. […]
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African leaders get the job done on response to Gabon army coup ousting President Bongo
Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon. Kevin Winter | Getty Visuals African leaders have been doing work out on Thursday how to reply to officers in Gabon who ousted President Ali Bongo and mounted their personal head of state, the most recent in a wave of coups in West and Central Africa that regional powers […]
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Euro zone value rises regular for August but main inflation declines more
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Financial institution (ECB), speaks in the course of an ECB press convention in July. Photo Alliance | Photo Alliance | Getty Pictures Inflation in the euro zone arrived in larger than analysts experienced envisioned for the thirty day period of August, although coming in unchanged from the preceding […]
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Ukraine war reside updates: Russia arrives less than even further drone attacks Turkey could persuade Moscow to revive grain deal
Russia sees yet another barrage of drone assaults A submarine and warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet lie at anchor in the port metropolis of Sevastopol in 2019. Photograph Alliance | Image Alliance | Getty Images Regional formal Sergei Aksyonov said air defense forces experienced shot down a cruise missile in the jap part […]
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Disgruntled Europeans strike out at banking companies for not passing on increased fees on price savings
A shopper exits a Piraeus Lender SA bank department in Thessaloniki, Greece. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Visuals “They just want earnings, they do not think about folks.” People text from Marco Oliveira, a 50-year-aged graphic designer from Portugal, underscore a deep lying annoyance in Europe with individuals bemoaning a deficiency of return on their […]
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Mitch McConnell freezes, struggles to talk in next incident this summer months
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday appeared briefly not able to respond to reporters’ queries at a press party, marking the next time in weeks that the Republican chief has abruptly stopped talking and essential aid from persons about him. McConnell, 81, in the beginning seemed to struggle to listen to when asked […]
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Medicare drug price negotiations may have a muted impact on drugmakers in the near term
In this photo illustration, Eliquis is made available to customers at the New City Halsted Pharmacy on August 29, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Medicare is set to negotiate prices for 10 different drugs with manufacturers in a bid to make those costly treatments more affordable for older Americans – a […]
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