Iran’s supreme leader issued a rare statement on Thursday saying that the United States had no place in the future of the Persian Gulf region and making clear that his country planned to manage the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway going forward. In the defiant message, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also vowed that Iran would retain…
ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation of Merck & Co.’s blockbuster drug Keytruda exposed the intricate web of patents that Merck and other pharmaceutical companies build to protect their profit margins and delay competitors from entering the market and offering potentially more affordable versions of the drug. Timeline of Merck’s active U.S. Keytruda patents Merck’s original patents…
Shorouk Express At a time when immigration is an increasingly polarising issue in Spain, a new report has highlighted that the country will need over 2 million workers in the next decade alone to ensure pensions and economic productivity, with the vast majority forecast to be foreigners. Spain will need to incorporate 2.4 million people…
On December 18, 2024, India and China held the twenty third assembly of their Particular Representatives (SRs) in Beijing, marking a major step in addressing border tensions which have persevered because the navy standoff in Jap Ladakh started in 2020. This assembly, the primary in 5 years, concerned Indian Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval and…
