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By Siddhi Mahatole and Sriparna Roy June 4 (Reuters) – Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its drug in a late-stage study preserved kidney function over 12 months in patients with a type of autoimmune disease that affects the organ. Branded as Voyxact, the drug was approved in November to reduce proteinuria in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy, which causes inflammation in kidneys and can eventually lead to the organ’s […]

By Jonathan Stempel June 4 (Reuters) – The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered in May 2024, after concluding that oil and gas development in the Permian Basin had made the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge was out of the lineup Thursday for a third straight game and the New York Yankees were awaiting clarity about a bone bruise in one of the slugger’s right ribs that is causing right shoulder pain. “I absolutely expect something in the next couple of hours,” manager Aaron Boone said before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Cleveland Guardians. “He went for […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s President Nicusor Dan nominated one of his advisors to be prime minister on Thursday as he seeks to end a political crisis after the previous coalition collapsed last month. Dan nominated 44-year-old Eugen Tomac, who is also a member of the European Parliament, to try to form a government after weeks of deliberations and political deadlock in the European Union-member country. The nomination will need […]

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have paid tribute to former MI6 spy chief Alex Younger after his death at the age of 62. Younger led the U.K.’s foreign espionage agency, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, from 2014 to 2020, and was one of the first holders of the post – code-named C – to be publicly named. The government said he had […]

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s parliament on Thursday gave approval for the new government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa, marking a turn to the right for the small European Union country. Lawmakers backed the new government in a 49-30 vote in the 90-member assembly. The vote came after parliamentary elections held in March that produced no clear winner. Former liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement won most votes, but […]

BERLIN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa says several employees were injured on Thursday after the nose gear of a Boeing jet “unexpectedly” retracted, causing the nose of the plane to fall several meters (yards) to the ground and breaking off the door flaps of the nose gear bay. The incident took place while the 787-9 Dreamliner was parked at the gate, with only crew members and ground staff on board, […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Thursday that foreign artificial intelligence platforms could be used against Canadians. Carney said the defining technology of our era is here and said Canada is too dependent on foreign suppliers. He made the remarks while unveiling his government’s strategy on AI. Carney warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier his year that global hegemons like the United States have […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a prosecutor’s appeal of an order that the state’s fake elector case against President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others over the 2020 presidential election be sent back to a grand jury. The decision marks another setback for Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes as she struggles to push the sprawling […]