The company behind popular weight loss drug Mounjaro has offered a discounted deal to UK suppliers which is expected to limit the price increase to consumers from September. Earlier this month, Eli Lilly announced it was putting up the list price of the drug by as much as 170% which could have meant the cost […]
Susan Monarez fired while four officials resign amid tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 The director of the United States’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez is not […]
The Milei government is weathering a bribery scandal as a pair of important elections approach in September and October. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Argentina’s President Javier Milei has been forced to leave a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, a suburb of Buenos Aires, after protesters pelted his vehicle with small rocks, […]
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Bidyut Kalita This image titled “Special Delivery” was highly commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding a broomstick. But this industrious insect isn’t flying back to stir its witch’s cauldron, or playing Quidditch. It’s carrying a caterpillar – prey to […]
The president pushes baseless claim that Soros helped support riots in the US and says he should face criminal charges. United States President Donald Trump has advocated for George Soros, a billionaire financier and philanthropist who has become a central figure in right-wing conspiracies, to face criminal charges. In a social media post on Tuesday, […]
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images Some patients taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro have told BBC News they are struggling to obtain the medicine, and are worried about the impact on their health. There is rising demand for the drug, after the US manufacturer Eli Lilly announced a major price increase from 1 September. The […]
The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 16. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump’s push for Texas Republicans to redraw congressional lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections has triggered a redistricting arms race. Democrats in California have already moved to counter […]
Robles Casas & Campos An Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken. A photo shows Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi hanging above a […]
France is on the brink of another political crisis, after Prime Minister François Bayrou’s shock decision to submit his government to a vote of confidence in parliament. The chances of his winning the vote in a special session of the National Assembly on September 8 being extremely slim, the prime minister’s days in office look […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. In an unprecedented move that has sparked a constitutional and legal battle, Fed Governor Lisa Cook is refusing to step down after being “fired” by President Donald Trump. Cook, the first Black woman […]