1 dead, Supreme Court evacuated as explosions rattle Brazilian capital

Brazil’s Supreme Court was evacuated after two nearby explosions on Wednesday night that left one dead in a square near Congress and the presidential palace, police said, stirring security concerns shortly before the country hosts the G20 summit. The blasts come five days before global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies meet in…

Novo Nordisk says experimental drug amycretin show 13% weight loss in trial 

Business & FinanceHealth 07 March 2024, 2:04 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report on the early trial data for Novo Nordisk’s highly anticipated experimental drug amycretin which showed that participants had a weight loss of 13.1% after 12 weeks, prompting the company’s shares to rise to record highs and placing it above Tesla…

In Elon Musk’s “election integrity” community on X, false claims proliferate

Elon Musk’s political action committee has created a group on his platform X that has become a repository for election misinformation, galvanizing more than 58,000 members to report instances of “voter fraud or irregularities” that are often unsubstantiated, misleading or flat-out fabricated. The “Election Integrity Community,” which launched in late October, has hundreds of new…

NYC bans forcing tenants to pay real estate brokers hired by landlords

NEW YORK — Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from the city’s real estate lobby. Under a system that exists in New York and almost nowhere else in the country, tenants are often…

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