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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The highest dose of an experimental drug developed by Eli Lilly significantly reduced levels of a genetically inherited risk factor for heart disease in a midstage trial, according to data presented at a major medical meeting on Sunday. The drug, lepodisiran, reduced levels of lipoprotein(a), orLp(a), by an average …

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By Doina Chiacu and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. In Trump’s first remarks since Iran rejected direct negotiations with Washington last week, he told NBC News that U.S. and …

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By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Over 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One. Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for freezing rain in Ottawa, parts of Quebec and Ontario, with the risk of snow mixed …

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By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama “Dr. Kildare” and starred in the mini-series “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds” has died at the age of 90, publicist Harlan Boll said. Chamberlain died late on Saturday in Hawaii from …

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By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s second-largest city killed two people and wounded 35 late on Saturday, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Kyiv’s partners to respond to such attacks while seeking peace in the three-year-old war. The strike on the eastern city of Kharkiv, which damaged a …

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