Sale of genetic testing company raises concerns about privacy of 23andMe’s 15 million customers. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has bought the genetic testing company 23andMe, a company once valued at $6bn, for $256m through a bankruptcy auction. Regeneron said in a statement on Monday that it aims to bolster its capabilities in genomics-driven drug discovery by using […]
Manchester City are backing away from the race to sign Florian Wirtz, a source has told ESPN. The Germany midfielder had been earmarked as a possible replacement for Kevin De Bruyne, who will leave the Etihad Stadium at the end of the season. But after conversations with Wirtz’s club, Bayer Leverkusen, and his representatives in […]
LONDON — Manchester United were unable to retain the FA Cup trophy after a feeble 3-0 loss to Chelsea, who defeated them three years ago in their first Wembley appearance, consigned them to a trophyless season. And, once again, minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (who acquired a 27.7% stake in the club and took over […]
Reading interventionist Roxanne Davis works with a first grader on forming words at Mill Stream Elementary School. Greta Rybus for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Greta Rybus for Newsportu Jonathan Moody runs a rural school district in and around Skowhegan, Maine, about 90 miles north of Portland. His office is in an old, converted farmhouse; […]
Rebecca Morelle Science editor Reporting fromAlberta, Canada Alison Francis Senior science journalist A tour around a newly discovered dinosaur graveyard in Canada Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is a mass grave on a monumental scale. Thousands of dinosaurs were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of […]
May 18, 2025, 05:58 PM ET In Germany, it’s all over. A dramatic final day culminating with Borussia Dortmund sealing a UEFA Champions League place after a disastrous campaign that saw them lying 11th in the table just two months ago. In England and Spain, though, there’s still another week to go. And the penultimate […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will begin a state visit to the United States on Monday in what his government describes as an attempt to “reset” the relationship between the two countries, which many experts say has become the frostiest in decades. The visit comes just days after the US welcomed a group of 59 […]
Yang Tian and James Chater BBC News Reuters Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. Biden received the news on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. Here’s what you need to know about prostate cancer and […]
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The diagnosis came after Mr. Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to find a “small nodule” on his prostate. Mr. Biden’s cancer is […]
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The cancer has metastasized to the bone, representing what a statement from Biden’s office framed as a more […]