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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A cancer treatment that genetically alters immune cells has shown success in 71 percent of adults with the most common form of leukemia, and for whom other medicines had failed, United States researchers said Monday. The treatment, known as experimental chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy, has made headlines in recent years, particularly after it helped beat back pediatric leukemia in the first US child to undergo the treatment. The […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States will not resume imports of beef from Brazil until food safety issues have been addressed, US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday. Purdue met with his Brazilian counterpart, Blairo Maggi, to discuss the issue after Washington late last month halted all beef imports from the country following a rash of bad shipments discovered in US ports. “Though Brazil pressed for a timeline for restoration of beef imports… […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A new wheelchair system that allows paraplegics to maneuver by using their upper body movement rather than through breaking and pushing has been designed by a student. Swiss design graduate Reto Togni showed off his Reagiro wheelchair at the Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate exhibition in London in June. Togni told Reuters: “Conventional wheelchairs work the same way as shopping carts, with casters that rotate in every direction. With […]
BOSTON, United States (AFP) — American forward Paul Pierce signed a one-day contract with the Boston Celtics on Monday in a move that allows him to retire as a member of the NBA franchise. The 39-year-old Pierce spent the first 15 years of his career with Boston, helping the club to a league championship in 2008. “It’s an honor to have this opportunity to once again call myself a Boston Celtic,” said Pierce, a 10-time […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has put the NBA club up for sale less than two weeks after he signed star forward James Harden to the richest contract in league history. The Rockets are the eighth most valuable franchise in the league at $1.65 billion and their annual revenue is $244 million, according to Forbes magazine That is substantially more than the 73-year-old Alexander purchased the team for in 1993 […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — Snails returned to Congham in Norfolk, eastern England, for the annual celebration of the gastropod games, otherwise known as the World Snail-Racing Championships on Saturday (July 15). This year’s festivities involved the participation of over 150 snails. The championships have been running since the 1960s and have become ingrained within the culture of this secluded corner of England. The event takes place at Congham’s cricket ground, which is temporarily converted […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished little changed Monday at the start of a week dominated by earnings from Bank of America, Netflix and other giants. Equities paused in a quiet session after both the Dow and S&P 500 finished at records on Friday following solid earnings from JPMorgan Chase and other large banks. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs report results early Tuesday, while IBM, Visa and General Electric will […]
NEW YOK, United States (AFP) — Coldplay hailed the contributions of immigrants to the United States as the English rockers released a video for a new song, “Miracles (Someone Special).” Without any explicit reference to President Donald Trump and his crackdown on immigration, Coldplay made clear that the history of the United States goes beyond people of European heritage. The video starts with a wall of old photos. The shot zooms in to show immigrants […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — London’s stock market rebounded Monday, with miners buoyed by solid Chinese economic growth figures, while eurozone indices were steady to slightly lower. Asia equities mostly increased in value following another record close on Wall Street before the weekend. United States stocks were essentially flat to start the week, with the Dow and S&P 500 retreating a bit from Friday’s records, but the the Nasdaq edging higher ahead of a […]
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AFP) — Montenegro asked Monday for international help to fight wildfires in the Lustica peninsula on the country’s Adriatic coast, while forest fires in neighboring Croatia spread to suburbs of the coastal city of Split. “The situation at Lustica is critical. The interior ministry of Montenegro asked for the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism” to be activated to help extinguish the fire, the government said in a statement. Mayors of the threatened coastal […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two Iranians were indicted Monday in the United States with hacking a defense contractor and stealing sensitive software used to design bullets and warheads, according to the Justice Department. According to the newly unsealed indictment businessman Mohammed Saeed Ajily, 35, recruited Mohammed Reza Rezakhah, 39, to break into companies’ computers to steal their software for resale to Iranian universities, the military and the government. The two men — and a […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — European Union member countries agreed Monday to consider imposing new sanctions on North Korea after it tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. Last month, the EU expanded its sanctions blacklist after North Korea launched a volley of surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast. EU foreign ministers met on Monday to condemn the July 4 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch as an “outright violation” of UN Security Council resolutions. North Korea […]
