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Nov 24, 2025 - World

Report dashes hopes for new use for blockbuster weight-loss drugBusiness live – latest updatesNovo Nordisk shares slumped on Monday after the drugmaker said the pill version of its weight-loss drug Ozempic had failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in two large studies.The Danish company said patients who took the drug did not see their disease progress more slowly, dashing hopes for a new use for the blockbuster diabetes drug. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

A US Air Force (USAF) captain has criticised the organisers of Dubai Air Show 2025 for continuing with the scheduled performances despite the tragic crash of an Indian Air Force fighter jet, the Tejas, in which Wing Commander Namansh Syal was killed.

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Snapchat, like other social media platforms, has advised teen users to download their data as soon as possible as it may be tricky to do so once the ban starts.

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsensWildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show.The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Malaysia in recent years has tightened its oversight of social media services in an attempt to combat rising cybercrime.