Drug companies favor biotech meds over pills, citing new U.S. law

By Deena Beasley San Francisco (Reuters) – Drugmakers are prioritizing complex biotech medicines over treatments that can be given as pills because recent U.S. legislation gives biologics a longer runway before becoming subject to government price limits, top industry executives said this week. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Democrats passed last August, for the …

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Soccer-Man United learned from thrashing at Man City to make huge progress, says Ten Hag

By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United have made huge progress since their 6-3 thrashing at rivals Manchester City in October, coach Erik ten Hag said, with the lessons learned from that loss standing them in good stead for the return derby clash on Saturday. United host City having lost just once from …

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Greta Thunberg ruft in Braunkohle-Dorf Lützerath zum Widerstand auf

Düsseldorf (Reuters) – Die Klima-Aktivistin Greta Thunberg hat im Braunkohle-Dorf Lützerath in Nordrhein-Westfalen zum Widerstand gegen das Abbaggern des Weilers durch den Energieriesen RWE aufgerufen. “Wenn Regierungen und Konzerne die Umwelt zerstören (..), wehren sich die Menschen”, sagte die Schwedin am Freitag bei einem Besuch in Lützerath. Sie beobachte die Lage in dem Ort am …

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Sri Lanka Catholic Church hails Supreme Court order for ex-president over bombings

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – The leader of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church on Friday praised a Supreme Court decision to order the former president and four officials to pay compensation for the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 260 people. The civil case brought by families of the victims charged that lax …

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Russland meldet Einnahme von Soledar in Ostukraine

– von Pavel Polityuk Kiew/Front bei Soledar (Reuters) – Russland hat nach tagelangen schweren Kämpfen die Einnahme von Soledar im Osten der Ukraine gemeldet. Russische Einheiten hätten die Kleinstadt am Donnerstagabend vollständig erobert, teilte Verteidigungsministerium in Moskau am Freitag mit. Die Ukraine wies diese Darstellung allerdings zurück. “Unsere Einheiten sind dort. Die Stadt ist nicht …

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Soccer-Arsenal have ‘great opportunity’ to end winless streak at Spurs – Arteta

(Reuters) – High-flying Arsenal have a great opportunity to end their long-running winless streak at rivals Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium when the sides meet this weekend, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday. Arsenal’s last successful Premier League trip to Spurs came in 2014, but the league-leaders will have reason to believe that the run could be …

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Kevin Spacey se declara no culpable en Reino Unido de más cargos por delitos sexuales

LONDRES, 13 ene (Reuters) – El actor Kevin Spacey se declaró el viernes no culpable de otros siete cargos por delitos sexuales ante un tribunal londinense, en el que negó una serie de supuestas agresiones sexuales contra un hombre entre 2001 y 2004. Spacey, de 63 años, compareció por videoconferencia ante el Tribunal de Southwark …

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