The first drug that slows Alzheimer's has finally received FDA approval (www.engadget.com)
Japanese drugmaker Eisai and US-based Biogen have been working together on advancing research in the space of Alzheimer’s for nearly a decade. Finally, the FDA, granted the fruits of that labor, Leqembi, its blessing for intravenous use. This marks the first approved treatment that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s.
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
Didier Raoult, who popularized hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for covid-19, is being investigated for unauthorized research on homeless people (www.lepoint.fr)
Greece's Prime Minister Plans to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage (time.com)
Biden signs executive order aimed at targeting banks that facilitate war in Ukraine (www.independent.co.uk)
White House has urged congressional Republicans without success to drop resistance to Ukraine funding over immigration dispute...
Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank (www.abc.net.au)
Australia joins more than a dozen countries and the EU in expressing "grave concern" over violent attacks by settlers.
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers are on an anti-Palestinian rampage (www.vox.com)
IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says (edition.cnn.com)
US sets policy to seize patents of government-funded drugs if price deemed too high (www.reuters.com)
The Biden Administration on Thursday announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high....
Tesla loses legal action in Sweden as dispute with Nordic unions escalates (www.theguardian.com)
Video Emerges Appearing to Show Russian Soldiers Executing Surrendering Ukrainians (www.kyivpost.com)
The shocking footage was reportedly filmed near Avdiivka and was posted to social media by several Ukrainian bloggers....
US tells Israel it will announce visa ban on violent settlers in coming weeks — officials (www.timesofisrael.com)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken notified Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during meetings yesterday that the Biden administration is preparing to announce a series of visa bans against Israeli settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel. A US official...
Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha arrested by Israelis in Gaza, family says (www.theguardian.com)
The American Book Award winner was said to be heading south for the Rafah crossing when he was picked up at a checkpoint
Gaza becomes ‘a graveyard for children’ as Israel intensifies airstrikes (www.washingtonpost.com)
CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike (newrepublic.com)
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer seemed at a lost of words at the justification being used to bomb a refugee camp in Gaza.
Child casualties in Gaza “a growing stain on our collective conscience” (www.unicef.org)
Israel Committing 'Textbook Case of Genocide,' Holocaust Historian Says (www.newsweek.com)
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Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told (www.theguardian.com)
Poland's ruling conservatives lose majority in parliament to centrist coalition (abcnews.go.com)
A complete ballot count confirms that three coalition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation’s weekend election...
A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government (www.vice.com)
Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks (www.politico.eu)
Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....
Scientists warn entire branches of the 'Tree of Life' are going extinct (news.yahoo.com)
Zelenskyy implores world leaders to stick with fight against Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared somber and, at times, angry in a blistering address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, as he sought to shore up support for his country’s war effort and demand that Russia be punished for the invasion....