By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting prescriptions are diagnosed with obesity-related conditions or take the drugs to become eligible for other services, health records and discussions with doctors show. An exclusive analysis of hundreds of thousands of electronic patient records by health data firm …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Monday charged two men with illegally exporting sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a drone attack carried out by Iran-backed militants in Jordan in January that killed three U.S. service members and injured 47 others. Federal prosecutors in Boston charged Mohammad Abedini, the co-founder of …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership with Australia will benefit the United States and is the kind of “burden sharing” deal that President-elect Donald Trump has talked about, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. In an interview with Australia’s Lowy Institute think tank published on Tuesday, Sullivan said he …
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By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Russia is boosting its ballistic arsenal with new strategic missile systems, plans maximum-range launches and may increase testing in response to growing external threats, a senior Russian military commander said on Monday. In a clear warning that Russia will respond if it deems its security is threatened, Sergei Karakayev, the commander …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it conducted an airstrike on Monday against a command and control facility operated by the Houthis in Yemen. “The targeted facility was a hub for coordinating Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” the …
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(This Dec. 13 story has been corrected to say that Tice was taken captive in Daraya, not Aleppo, in paragraph 17) By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the early days of 2013, an American man, dressed in ragged clothing, dodged between houses in the streets of Damascus’ upscale Mazzeh neighborhood looking …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday said there is no U.S. government organization currently on the ground in Syria for the search of Austin Tice, an American journalist taken captive during a reporting trip in August 2012, but did not rule out the possibility. State Department …
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(This Dec. 15 story has been corrected to say that Tice was taken captive in Daraya, not Aleppo, in paragraph 10) By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, voiced hope on Sunday that upheaval in Syria …
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CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s attorney general said in a statement on Monday that 533 people arrested for taking part in protests over a contested July election have been freed. More than 2,000 people were arrested for taking part in protests after the contest, according to the government. Electoral authorities and the country’s supreme court have said …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday his country would likely play a role in securing a future ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine but that it was far too early to tell what a peacekeeping force might look like. Speculation that Europe could put boots on the ground in Ukraine …
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