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Company to acquire three sites from Catalent amid runaway demand for weight-loss drug The explosion in demand for the weight loss drug Wegovy has led to the holding company behind its maker, Novo Nordisk, buying a leading US-based drugmaker for $16.5bn (£13.2bn) to increase capacity. Novo Holdings is to buy the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical firm … Read more

In the UK, the people who are paying for today’s retirees are those who won’t be able to retire themselves. We need to muster a full-throated response The retirement age creeps up in jerky increments. By 2026, it’ll be 67; from 2044, it’s expected to rise to 68. But do we know that for sure? … Read more

Republicans, right-wing figures and foreign politicians have seized upon the video despite proof the lawmaker was misquoted A week after a mistranslated clip of Ilhan Omar sparked outrage online, some far-right House Republicans are still following through with calls for the progressive lawmaker to be censured. And the repercussions of the misinformation extend beyond the … Read more

Nikki Haley heads to California on Wednesday, where the Republican presidential candidate is scheduled to headline her first rally in any of the 15 states that hold nominating contests on Super Tuesday in early March. Ahead of her western campaign and fundraising swing, the former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador … Read more

When lockdowns ended I was left holding the kitten and the kitty litter – but now we’re like an old married couple After years of indoctrination from my native-animal loving parents, I arrived at adulthood wary of domestic pets. We didn’t have any when I was growing up. Instead, Mum would jokingly tell us to … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is throwing his support behind Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno for the Ohio Senate. Tuberville made the endorsement ahead of the state’s heated March primary race, where Moreno is challenging GOP candidates Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan for the Republican nomination. “I’m endorsing … Read more

Each side must realise it has dehumanised the other to the extent that extremes of violence have been justified One question has been frequently asked since the beginning of the Hamas-Israel war: “What will happen when hostilities end in Gaza?” And the only positive answer thus far has been a call to resume peace negotiations … Read more

A South Dakota tribe is banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its reservation over her recent remarks about an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, in which she said she was considering sending razor wire and security personnel there.

Measures unveiled on Sunday night face uphill battle to pass either Senate or House, leaving Ukraine and Israel uncertain over future assistance Senate releases draft bill to toughen border measures Some Senate Democrats are also objecting to the immigration deal, arguing it unnecessarily dismantles protections for migrants. California’s Alex Padilla argues the proposal is inconsistent … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of state attorneys general is warning that an executive order signed by President Biden last year on artificial intelligence could be used by the federal government to “centralize” government control over the emerging technology and that that control could be used for political purposes — including censoring alleged “disinformation.” “The … Read more