Democrat Buttigieg floats plan to slash rising drug costs
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg unveiled his plan on Monday to slash prescription drug costs for senior citizens and target pharmaceutical companies for rising prices,...
Democratic contender Bernie Sanders vows to eject money from U.S. elections
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday proposed overturning rules on money in elections, as the Democratic presidential contender pledged to “transform our political system by...
Two scientists from U.S. and one from Britain share Nobel Medicine Prize
Two scientists from the United States and one from Britain won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for finding how cells adapt to fluctuating...
Unilever pledges to halve its use of new plastic by 2025
Consumer goods giant Unilever vowed to halve the amount of new plastic it uses over the next five years, by shifting to more recyclable and...
Kaelin, Ratcliffe and Semenza win 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize
Scientists William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of how cells sense and adapt...
Police forcibly remove climate activists blocking major Amsterdam street
Police began forcibly removing climate change activists who blocked a major street in downtown Amsterdam on Monday, arresting 50 after they defied orders to move...
Apple supplier Japan Display says aiming for a bailout deal this month
Japan Display Inc said it aims to clinch a deal this month for least 50 billion yen ($470 million) in vital funding, having had to...
Concern and hope as AMS and Osram slide following failed takeover
Shares in sensors specialist AMS and lighting group Osram fell on Monday on concerns AMS might revisit its $4.9 billion takeover bid which collapsed on...
Yemeni govt, separatists close to deal on ending Aden stand-off – sources
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are close to a deal that would end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden and see...
Oil prices up as U.S.-China trade talks loom, supply issues mount
Oil prices were up on Monday, buoyed by hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and supported by challenges to supply facing major exporters....