The UK government is to set out new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the BBC understands. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to outline the measures in the Commons on Tuesday, which could include restrictions on trade in agricultural products from settlements. Last week, Miliband said he
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Disha Lamba, 28, who lives in Gurugram, India. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was born and raised in India. As an introvert, I liked being in my comfort zone, but my dad dreamed of sending me to the US for my
Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral and Nvidia, have signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose broad “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models. The letter comes as Washington debates how the United States should respond to accusations that Chinese AI labs are stealing intellectual property from their American counterparts and
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted to loosen restrictions on controversial peptides that have become popular online but have not been well researched for use in humans. The panel voted narrowly to allow specialty pharmacies to produce drugs such as BPC-157, TB-500 and KPV, a major regulatory hurdle to making them
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will vote on recommendations for seven popular peptides. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide title toggle title Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images For the latest stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR health bulletin. A number of experimental peptide therapies are under scrutiny today in what marks the beginning