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Hunter Biden’s lawyers say US prosecutors reneged on a plea deal, rock-singing libertarian outsider Javier Milei posts a shock win in the Argentine primary vote, and Russia is equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles.

Plus, new Covid vaccines are on the way as the ‘Eris’ variant rises.

By Kate Turton

Hunter Biden departs federal court after a plea hearing, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WAR IN UKRAINE

Elizabeth Kutschke spends time at the park with her 2-year-old son, Ben, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox

Baby Ben Kutschke was diagnosed at three months with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare inherited disorder which is the leading genetic cause of death in infancy globally. It leaves children too weak to walk, talk, swallow or even breathe.

So when in 2021 his parents heard about Zolgensma – a one-time therapy costing millions of dollars that promises to replace genes needed for the body to control muscles – they had high hopes.

They were disappointed.

A new COVID vaccine is due out next month, but health experts and analysts say it is likely to be coolly received even as hospitalizations from “Eris”, a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, rise around the country. What is ‘Eris’, the new Covid variant?

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