U.S. FDA APPROVES FIRST DRUG FOR FATTY LIVER DISEASE NASH

Mon 18 March 2024: The U.S. FDA has approved Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ drug for a fatty liver disease known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the first treatment to get the nod for the condition and opening up a multi-billion opportunity. The company’s oral drug, called Rezdiffra, has been approved for patients who have NASH with fibrosis, or […]

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APPLE, GOOGLE IN TALKS TO BRING GEMINI AI TO IPHONES: BLOOMBERG

Mon 18 March 2024: Tech giant Apple is in negotiations with Google to introduce the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) engine to iPhones, a Bloomberg report said on Monday. According to the report, the iPhone maker recently also had discussions with OpenAI, the developer of the immensely popular ChatGPT, for a possible licensing of their AI […]

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ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER BEN-GVIR CALLS FOR JEWS TO STORM AL-AQSA IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OF RAMADAN

Mon 18 March 2024: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded that Jews storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in the last ten days of Ramadan, according to Israeli media reports. Israel’s Channel 13 reported that “Ben-Gvir demanded abolishing the well-known policy in Israel and allowing Jews to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan.” It revealed […]

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ISTANBUL AIRPORT NAMED ‘AIRPORT OF THE YEAR’ FOR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Mon 18 March 2024: Istanbul Airport in Türkiye was named “Airport of the Year” and received Air Transport Awards for 2024 for the fourth time in a row, the airport operator IGA announced on Monday. Istanbul Airport was chosen as “Airport of the Year” in 2021, 2022 and 2023 previously by Air Transport News, the […]

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ELON MUSK’S SPACEX BUILDING SPY SATELLITE NETWORK FOR US INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Mon 18 March 2024: SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network is being built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit under […]

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PUTIN CEMENTS RUSSIAN RULE FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS AFTER LANDSLIDE VICTORY WITH NO SERIOUS COMPETITION

Mon 18 March 2023: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine, Reuters reported. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who […]

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EXIT POLLS SHOW PUTIN LEADING WITH 87% IN THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Sun 17 March 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading with 87% of the vote in Russia’s presidential contest, according to exit poll results released by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, According to the center, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party is in second place with 4.6%. The head of the Liberal Democratic Party […]

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