Category: Business

World’s richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket company Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire’s birthday. The world’s richest person is...

AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled their latest artificial intelligence tool and claimed it will help scientists identify the genetic drivers of disease and ultimately pave the way for new treatments....

Highly contagious virus, which spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccine Airports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month. Thailand, Nepal...

The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers

Man wounded after exchanging gunfire with Border Patrol and shooting at helicopter near US-Mexico border, officials say

Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says

A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting

Dozens of protesters have been arrested after occupying the lobby of a hotel in Manhattan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country's interim leadership strays from U.S. expectations

A Texas man is facing execution for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ago in suburban Houston