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N Korea says it fired anti-aircraft missile, 4th recent test

North Korea said Friday it test-fired a new anti-aircraft missile, the fourth weapons launch in recent weeks that experts say is part of a strategy to win relief from sanctions and other concessions. South Korea, Japan and the United States typically publicly confirm North Korean ballistic missile launches, which are… Read More

Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19

Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use. If cleared, Merck’s drug would be the first… Read More

Study highlights difficulty of stopping antidepressants

A study of British patients with a long history of depression highlights how difficult it can be to stop medication, even for those who feel well enough to try. Slightly more than half the participants who gradually discontinued their antidepressants relapsed within a year. By contrast, the relapse rate was… Read More

Top dog: Greek leader’s pet interrupts news conference

Peanut has met several visiting European leaders since becoming Greece’s top dog back in April. On Thursday, the golden-haired former stray decided to give himself a louder introduction — briefly interrupting a news conference being held by the prime ministers of Greece and Slovakia. Is This Little Deadly Pill in… Read More

Skeptics united vs Big Tech over Instagram’s health effects

Political adversaries in Congress are united in outrage against Facebook for privately compiling information that its Instagram photo-sharing service appears to grievously harm some teens, especially girls, while publicly downplaying the popular platform’s negative impact. Mounting public pressure over the revelations have prompted Facebook to put on hold its work… Read More

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report Wednesday, as the country tries to contain new outbreaks. The authorities in Harbin, where 75 cases have recently been discovered, said the action was taken because there was no… Read More

Danish artist makes off with pile of cash intended to be art

A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money and Run.” Jens Haaning was given the equivalent of nearly $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro bank notes by… Read More

Lava from volcanic eruption reaches Atlantic

A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that required local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday. The immediate area… Read More

Japan picked a new prime minister…

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party’s leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the next prime minister, facing the tasks of reviving a pandemic-hit economy and ensuring a strong alliance with Washington to counter growing regional security risks. Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime… Read More