German prosecutors won’t probe Brenntag over chemicals sale to Syria
German prosecutors said on Tuesday they had found no grounds to investigate the world’s largest chemicals distributor Brenntag over the 2014 sale to a company...
Deciphera’s late-stage study meets main goal of preventing cancer progression
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its late-stage study met the main goal of preventing cancer from progressing in patients with a form of stomach...
Ebola ‘no longer incurable’ as Congo trial finds drugs boost survival
Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much...
Deciphera Pharma’s late-stage stomach cancer study meets main goal
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its late-stage study met the main goal of progression-free survival in patients with a form of stomach cancer....
Zambia court adjourns ex-minister graft case that prompted aid freeze
A Zambian court on Tuesday adjourned until September the start of corruption trial involving a former cabinet minister that prompted some western donors to freeze...
Kremlin says protests in Moscow have not created political crisis
The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that political protests in Moscow in recent weeks have created a political crisis in Russia in its first comments on...
Sheriff’s department rescues baby ducks stuck in drain
Placer County Sheriff’s Office released a video on Saturday of deputies rescuing four baby ducks that had got stuck in a drain. Rough cut (no...
Iran’s seized tanker Grace 1 will be freed by Tuesday evening: Fars
Iran’s seized oil tanker Grace 1 will be freed by Tuesday evening, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency quoted unidentified Gibraltar authorities as saying....
Chinese ship returns to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone
A Chinese survey ship returned to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone off its coast on Tuesday, ship tracking data showed, less than a week after it...
Putin to visit Macron in France this month to discuss Ukraine: Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir would visit France later this month to hold talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on...