IN 2016 PALANTIR, an American software firm, successfully sued the US Army to win a second chance at a contract. A decade on, the fortunes of the company seeded by the CIA’s venture arm, and named after an all-seeing stone in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings”, have changed. Business is booming…
NEED TO KNOW Two people, including a University of Kent student, have died as multiple invasive meningococcal disease cases near the school were reported to U.K. health officials Health officials are providing antibiotics to students and investigating after 13 people in the area showed “signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicemia” between March 13 and…
UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is facing criticism for linking first-cousin marriages to “stronger extended family support” and economic benefits. Experts warn that marrying a first cousin carries health risks, including a higher chance of children inheriting recessive genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis or thalassaemia, reported The Standard. The controversy comes after NHS staff…
The British government will offer to pay more for medicines that it buys for the National Health Service, the Financial Times reported on Friday, hoping to defuse one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s top complaints after he announced steep tariff increases on branded medication. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief business adviser, Varun Chandra, will…