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May 14 (Reuters) – Aardvark Therapeutics on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a full clinical hold on its drug to treat extreme hunger linked to the rare disorder Prader-Willi syndrome, halting all late-stage trials. Shares of the company fell about 14% in after-hours trading. Aardvark had paused enrollment and dosing in February after it found heart-related side effects in healthy volunteers given higher-than-planned doses of the […]

‘Why Not Go Right to the Heart of It?’: North American Immigrants Keep Choosing Jerusalem   On Jerusalem Day, new Nefesh B’Nefesh figures show Jerusalem still attracting North American Olim, while one young immigrant’s story points to a less expected face of Aliyah to the capital  By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line   When people tried to guess where Golda Katz would live in Israel, Jerusalem was not usually the answer. Tel Aviv was the […]

Israel Names IAI CEO Boaz Levy Chairman in First for State-Owned Defense Company   By The Media Line Staff   Israel appointed Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy as chairman of the company’s board of directors, marking the first time a serving chief executive of an Israeli government-owned company has also been named chairman of the same company.   Defense Minister Israel Katz and Minister in charge of the Government Companies Authority Dudi Amsalem signed the official appointment […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament on Thursday voted to approve the government program and part of the Cabinet lineup of Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi but hit an impasse over some of the ministerial appointments. The 270 lawmakers in attendance voted to confirm 14 ministers in the 23-member Cabinet. Most were newcomers to the government, but foreign minister Fuad Hussein retained his post. Nominees for three posts – interior minister, higher […]

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — On Christmas Eve 2024, Elianis Caridad Morejón Pérez, a young Cuban woman, told her mother by phone that she had put on a life jacket and was boarding a boat to travel from southern Mexico toward the United States. It was her final message from San José El Hueyate, a town in the state of Chiapas, before disappearing alongside 39 other migrants from Cuba, Honduras and […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A top California Democratic political aide agreed to plead guilty Thursday to charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud related to a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary. The case has drawn attention to Becerra in his bid for California governor, with voting underway and concluding June 2. In Dana Williamson’s plea deal, she admits to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement. Left out of FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues. The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the Texas Rangers. That is part of a longer 0-for-27 span, also a career long, that includes 11 strikeouts. “You’re obviously still working on things and you’d like to see some better results, […]

BEIRUT (AP) — A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon kicked off in Washington Thursday, days before the expiration of a truce that reduced but did not stop the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Lebanese officials are hoping that the two-day negotiations will yield a new ceasefire deal and pave the way for tackling a series of thorny issues, including the withdrawal of […]