Argentine voters punished the country’s two main political forces in a primary election, pushing a right-wing candidate into first place in a huge shake-up in the race towards presidential elections in October.
The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 96 as relatives of the missing frantically searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive, while survivors grappled with the scale of the disaster and sought solace at church services.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in missile production to help secure “overwhelming military power” and be ready for war, state media KCNA said, as South Korea and the US gear up for annual military drills.
The junta that seized power in Niger late last month said that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum could be prosecuted for high treason.
Ukraine condemned what it called “provocative” Russian actions after Moscow said one of its warships had fired warning shots at a cargo vessel in the Black Sea. Senior correspondent Jonathan Saul tells today’s Reuters World News podcast more about the importance of the incident.
Financial markets barely flinched when Fitch stripped the US of its top credit rating, but it served as a reminder of longer-term structural risks investors in government bonds are yet to grasp.
Argentina’s markets face an election hangover on Monday after a shock primary vote win for Javier Milei – who wants to axe the central bank and dollarize the economy – shook up the race towards presidential elections in October.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she took “full responsibility” for last week’s shock decision to impose a one-off bank tax that has been criticized for causing lasting damage to her government’s credibility with financial markets.
Chinese property giant Country Garden‘s debt problems deepened after its onshore bonds were suspended, sending its shares plunging 16% to a record low in a fresh blow to policymakers trying to shore up confidence in a stuttering economy.
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.
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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