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(Reuters) -Pfizer’s experimental treatment for a type of bladder cancer significantly improved the time that patients remained free of certain complications, including cancer recurrence, the drugmaker said on Friday following data from a late-stage study. The antibody treatment, sasanlimab, in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine met the main goal of the study in patients …

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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s government has proposed purchasing two new Arctic inspection vessels and increasing dog sled patrols to boost its military presence in Greenland, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sets his sights on the island, local media reported. The government has also proposed upgrading the airport in Kangerlussuaq, …

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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of …

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By Lisa Baertlein, Daniel Wiessner LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation. The success of the International …

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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO won’t heed Donald Trump’s proposal for a massive hike in defence spending but will likely agree to go beyond its current target, according to officials and analysts. The U.S. president-elect declared on Tuesday members of the military alliance should spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) …

Analysis-NATO won’t back Trump’s new defence spending target but will raise its sights Read More »

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party said late on Thursday it will choose a new leader on March 9 ahead of the 2025 elections for which polls show the party in a very weak position. The prime minister announced on Monday that he will step down in the coming …

Liberal Party of Canadian PM Trudeau to choose new leader on March 9 Read More »

By Emma Farge and Alasdair Pal GENEVA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of Nauru even after they were granted refugee status, it said in a statement on Thursday. Under Australia’s tough immigration policies, …

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement said, shortly after she was detained amid gunshots while leaving a protest in eastern Caracas. Opposition demonstrations took place throughout the country in an 11th-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro ahead of his third inauguration …

Venezuela opposition leader Machado free after brief detention, government denies involvement Read More »

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration expects to release short-term guidance on clean fuel tax credits on Friday and leave final decisions to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to two sources familiar with the plan. With the news, biofuel companies and their legislative backers will have to wait to see if …

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