The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday declined to approve two proposed new cancer drugs that were developed in China. One of the two companies, Hutchmed — which is controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠 Lǐ Jiāchéng) — said the FDA sent a letter denying approval of its new drug used to…
Greek hero Heracles, who defeated the multi-headed Hydra by cutting off each of the beast’s nine heads and cauterising the remaining stumps so they couldn’t grow new heads, would have had a far tougher fight if his mission had been to vanquish Earth’s real-world Hydra. This freshwater creature may be only half a thumb tall, but…
Natural disasters worldwide caused substantially higher losses in 2021 than in the previous two years, according to Munich Re’s 2021 Nat Cat report. Based on provisional data, Munich Re found that storms, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and other extreme weather events destroyed assets totalling US$280 billion in 2021, a dramatic increase from US$210 billion in 2020 and…