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Trump’s Team Is Struggling to Get Its “Drug Boat” Story Straight
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be changing its story to help justify an unprecedented military strike on a boat…
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US strike on 'Venezuela drug boat': What do we know, and was it legal?
Matt Murphy & Joshua CheethamBBC Verify A strike carried out by US forces on a boat in the Caribbean Sea - which the White House says…
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Rubio says U.S. will continue targeting drug boats
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will conduct more missions like the lethal military strike against a drug boat operated by a…
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Trump says drug vessel out of Venezuela 'shot out'
The U.S. military carried out a strike that "shot out" a ship in international waters carrying drugs from Venezuela, President Trump said…
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A GLP-1 Pill Is Coming to Shake Up the Weight Loss Drug Market
A GLP-1 pill is coming and it could change everything. It’s no secret that weight loss drugs have become the hottest conversation in…
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Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe
James CookScotland editor Official figures suggest that Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row…
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Damage a Key Alliance—and Spike Your Drug Costs
In addition, the tariffs seem selective. China, the other major buyer of Russian oil, has faced no equivalent penalties. Why pick on India…
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Johnson & Johnson to invest US$2 billion to boost US manufacturing as drug tariffs loom
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said on Thursday (Aug 21) it would invest US$2 billion in North Carolina as it aims to expand its US manufacturing…
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Met Police investigating Strictly Come Dancing 'drug use' claims
The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating allegations of drug use on Strictly Come Dancing. In a statement, the Met said it had…
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Trump urges Elizabeth Warren to take drug test
President Trump suggested Thursday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren's recently animated TV appearance to promote New York City mayoral candidate…
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Blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy is losing market share in the U.S. Here’s why
Novo Nordisk cautioned on Wednesday that it expects continued competition this year from copycat versions of its Wegovy obesity drug, as…
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Trump Fumbles Basic Math Concept Trying to Brag About Drug Prices
Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, told NBC the move was “inappropriate behavior of a…
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BBC reportedly launches probe into Strictly 'drug use'
The BBC has launched an investigation into alleged drug use by two Strictly Come Dancing stars, it has been reported. The Sun on Sunday…
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Former Indiana Chief Deputy Charged with Being Mole in Sheriff's Office for Drug Dealer
A former Indiana county chief deputy has been arrested on multiple counts connected to being a mole inside the sheriff's office for a drug…
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Trump Demands Drug Price Cuts in Letters to 17 Pharma Giants Summary
US President Donald Trump has sent letters to 17 major pharmaceutical companies demanding they cut prescription drug prices in the United…
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Trump pressures 17 pharma CEOs to cut US drug prices
President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of 17 major pharmaceutical companies outlining how they should slash US prescription…
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Trump Fails Basic Math Problem Trying to Brag About Drug Prices
Introduced by Representative Thomas Massie, who has a habit of actually standing up to Donald Trump, the bill aims to “make publicly…
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FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency's drug program, the latest in a…
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Powerful Ecuador drug lord 'Fito' extradited to US
The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms…
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'Gangsta Debbs' - the granny who used her family to run a drug gang
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Reporting from Woolwich Crown Court In the early hours of an April morning in 2023 undercover officers watched…
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How IBM and Moderna’s partnership could lead to an explosion in drug development
IBM: International Business Machines . . . or “Incredible Breakthroughs in Medicine”? IBM may need to tweak its moniker in light of recent…
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China biotech’s stunning advance is changing the world’s drug pipeline
The biotechnology industry is experiencing a tectonic shift, driven by Chinese drugmakers who have come a long way from their copycat days…
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Paramedic who secretly gave woman abortion drug is jailed
Catriona Renton BBC Scotland News A paramedic who secretly gave a pregnant woman an abortion drug, killing their unborn child, has been…
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Singapore: 3 People, Including Woman, Arrested for Drug Offences After Police Chase, Car Crash in Jalan Besar
Three people in their 20s were arrested on Sunday, June 29, following a police chase where the suspects' car collided with a lorry. In…