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CRISPR, 10 years on: Learning to rewrite the code of life
In just a decade, CRISPR has become one of the most celebrated inventions in modern biology, swiftly changing how medical researchers study diseases: Cancer biologists are using the method to discover hidden vulnerabilities of tumor cells; doctors are using it to edit genes that cause hereditary diseases. But CRISPR's influence extends far beyond medicine
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Credit Suisse fined for helping Bulgarian drug ring launder money
Credit Suisse must pay fines and compensation of 21 million Swiss francs, or $22 million, for lax controls that allowed an employee of the bank to help a Bulgarian drug ring launder money, Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court said Monday
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Russia fails to pay debt but denies it defaulted
The Western economic penalties have largely severed the country from the international financial system, making it difficult for Moscow to service its debt, and Russian authorities insist they have the funds to honour the country's debt
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Hong Kong: 25 years on from British to Chinese handover
Twenty-five years after Britain's handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, there are no opposition lawmakers left in Hong Kong's legislature. Many have been arrested under a national security law Beijing imposed in 2020 or disqualified from standing for office under new "patriots only" electoral rules
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Meet the former electrical engineer leading Disney's streaming strategy
From an internship in Walt Disney Co.'s DVD department in 2002, Kareem Daniel has climbed the ladder to a rung involving movie distribution strategy, then to business development for consumer products and interactive media, and more, after he abandoned the safety of an engineering career for his dream—the movie business
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Roe v. Wade overturned: Businesses in the US brace for political, social fight
For US businesses, there are pressing issues that demand fast answers, starting with: What will this mean for employees' health care coverage? Meanwhile, some executives are waiting for the other shoe to drop
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As US undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them
If approved, Chile will become one of few countries in the world, and the first in majority Catholic Latin America, to guarantee the right to "voluntary termination of pregnancy" in its founding law
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Ecuador warns protests could force halt to oil production
Nearly two weeks of Indigenous-led protests against rising fuel prices and living costs have crippled transportation in Ecuador, with roadblocks set up in 19 of the oil-rich country's 24 provinces
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Saying goodbye to Tommy Shelby, a traumatised TV antihero
From the beginning of "Peaky Blinders," when the show's characters were still emerging from the shadow of World War I, masculinity and violence have been inextricably linked, and throughout the stylish BBC gangster drama, Tommy Shelby, played by Cillian Murphy, is in a league of his own
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Armed robbers in the US want your French bulldog
With their perky ears, their please-pick-me-up-and-cradle-me gaze and their short-legged crocodile waddle, French bulldogs have become the "it" dog for influencers, pop stars and professional athletes
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Big banks can withstand severe recession, US Fed stress test shows
The Fed tested the 34 largest banks operating in the United States, looking at how their balance sheets would withstand sharp drops in asset prices and a total of $612 billion in losses, caused mostly by stress in commercial real estate values and in the markets for corporate debt