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Panama-Venezuela flights cleared to restart after nearly a year

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Flights between Panama and Venezuela have been cleared to restart, Panama’s aviation authority said on Thursday, nearly a year after they were suspended due to a diplomatic standoff between the two nations. Panama President Jose Raul Mulino had refused to recognize Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s win in last July’s elections, leading Venezuela …

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US FDA advisers to weigh composition of COVID vaccines for 2025-2026

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Christy Santhosh and Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel is set to vote on Thursday to recommend whether COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-2026 immunization campaign should target strains of the virus descending from the JN.1 variant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the LP.8.1 strain – …

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Three dead in Australia after torrential rain ravages rural towns

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Renju Jose, Kirsty Needham and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -Flash flooding on Australia’s southeast coast has killed three people and cut off towns, isolating tens of thousands of residents, as officials on Thursday warned more downpours were expected over the next 24 hours. Major flooding hit several rural towns in the Hunter and Mid …

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Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country’s chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected. The outbreak in the world’s largest …

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Britain considering chemical castration for sex offenders under prison reforms

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system aimed at freeing up more space in its overcrowded prisons. One of the first acts of the Labour government in July was to announce plans to release more prisoners early to tackle a crisis …

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US senator accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of democratic backsliding over jailing of rival

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Turkey’s authorities should present credible evidence of corruption against Istanbul’s jailed mayor or immediately release him, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff said on Thursday as he urged his colleagues to back a resolution calling out President Tayyip Erdogan over what he called democratic backsliding. Erdogan’s main rival, mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was …

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Prices for new US drugs doubled in 4 years as focus on rare disease grows

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -U.S. prices for newly-launched pharmaceuticals more than doubled last year compared to 2021, as companies leveraged scientific advances to develop more therapies for rare diseases, which typically command high prices, a Reuters analysis found. The median annual list price for a new drug was over $370,000 in 2024, according to the …

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Factbox-What to expect at Florida’s new Epic Universe theme park

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Dawn Chmielewski ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Orlando’s first new theme park in more than a quarter-century, Epic Universe, is set to open on Thursday. The new Comcast-owned park doubles the footprint of the Universal Orlando Resort and creates themed worlds around some of the most successful movies and games in recent years, including Harry …

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Stain of martial law bid deters use of South Korea Yoon’s office

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -Just three years after South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office from the historic Blue House, his potential successors are vowing to move again, as they seek to escape the taint of his martial law attempt. Yoon, stripped of office on April 4 over the bid …

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Dozens injured in pension protest outside Argentina Congress

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Dozens of people were injured during a protest outside Argentina’s Congress on Wednesday where activists and retired Argentines demanded higher pensions, according to Reuters witnesses. TV footage showed elderly protesters and activists singing and chanting as security forces pushed through the crowd in Buenos Aires with riot shields and batons. The protest …

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