WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B is letting some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus, what’s called a “functional cure,” researchers reported Thursday. In two international studies, about 1 in 5 patients given the experimental drug saw their virus reduced to levels low enough for the immune …
SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has appointed a senior Reuters executive, Simon Robinson, as its director of news and current affairs, the two news organisations said on Thursday. Robinson, now executive editor at Reuters, will start with the Australian public broadcaster in September, ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks said in a …
May 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive tightening rules on mail-in voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions of voters. The decision comes as Trump’s Republicans are locked in a tight battle to keep control of both …
MANILA, May 28 (Reuters) – A Philippine senator and son of a former president could soon face arrest after an anti-graft body charged him on Thursday of receiving illicit payouts in an infrastructure scandal that has slowed economic growth and hammered consumer and investor confidence. The Office of the Ombudsman said Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada …
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Chinese political dissident is in South Korean custody after making a perilous escape from his country in a small rubber boat, officials and his friend said. It was his fourth known attempt to escape China, a risk he reportedly took hoping to be reunited with his family. Dong Guangping, …
BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) – NATO’s German-Netherlands Corps will take on the role of a tactical headquarters for Estonia and Latvia within the defence alliance’s plans around mid-year, Germany’s defence ministry said on Thursday. “The deployment of an additional tactical headquarters to the region strengthens the cohesion of NATO and supports the deterrence of Russia,” …
May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury has launched a review of its sanctions programs and lists to make them more effective and to ease compliance burdens on financial institutions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Treasury plans to announce on Thursday the elimination of an initial tranche of about 80 …
NEW YORK (AP) — Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues. The law, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, also …
By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang KEELUNG, Taiwan, May 28 (Reuters) – A new ferry service to serve booming tourism between Taiwan and Japan began on Thursday on a ship that could be pressed into service to evacuate people on southern Japanese islands in the event of a war in the region. The Yaima Maru …
May 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv remains open, it said on Thursday, denying reports about changes to its operations following warnings from Russia that diplomats and foreigners should leave the Ukrainian capital before it escalated attacks. Some Ukrainian media on Thursday cited remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that …