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A surge in drug research in China has driven the cost of a laboratory monkey to about 140,000 yuan (US$20,260), a sum that exceeds the country’s average annual wage. Official government procurement records showed that prices had doubled in the last five years for such monkeys, which are widely used in the preclinical stage to check whether a drug is safe and how it is absorbed, broken down and cleared by the body. Analysts said the soaring cost was underpinned by a flood of drug-licensing deals...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to call for a two-year suspension of tax incentives offered to develop data centers amid growing scrutiny over their rapid expansion and impact on communities.

A marine researcher has video evidence of a shark in the Antarctic Ocean

Por OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ y JULIE WATSON SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Los equipos de rescate se abrieron paso por una agreste zona montañosa próxima al lago Tahoe durante una tormenta de nieve para rescatar a seis esquiadores de travesía que sobrevivieron a una avalancha, pero quedaron atrapados por la nieve y el hielo. Otros nueve […]

Rugby Special pundits Chris Ashton and John Barclay look ahead to all the week three fixtures in the 2026 Six Nations.

Rugby Special pundits Chris Ashton and John Barclay look ahead to all the week three fixtures in the 2026 Six Nations.

Rugby Special pundits Chris Ashton and John Barclay look ahead to all the week three fixtures in the 2026 Six Nations.

Rugby Special pundits Chris Ashton and John Barclay look ahead to all the week three fixtures in the 2026 Six Nations.

South Korea will take part as an observer in the inaugural meeting of the US-led “Board of Peace”, dispatching a former envoy to Thursday’s session in Washington, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Kim Yong-hyun, former ambassador to Egypt, will attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace scheduled for February 19, as the South Korean representative,” the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. A ministry official said that South Korea would attend as a non-member observer...

Thousands of households across three Hong Kong estates suffered a water disruption on the first day of Lunar New Year, with further repair work in Sau Mau Ping still underway on Wednesday evening. A freshwater pipe serving the lower levels of Hei Wah House, Lok Wah South Estate in Sau Mau Ping, burst at 8pm on Tuesday, leading to a disruption to water supply for 216 households, according to the Housing Authority. The affected homes were located from the second to the seventh floors of the...

The decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan accelerated in January, fuelling the first monthly drop since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, offering the clearest sign yet of economic fallout from tensions between the countries. Arrivals from China shrank 61 per cent in January from a year earlier, compared with a 45 per cent decline in December, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said on Wednesday, citing a shift in the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday and warnings...

Aimen Halim claimed he was deceived into purchasing the wings, which he described as ‘essentially a chicken nugget’