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A Chinese company targeted by members of Congress over potential ties to the Chinese government makes blockbuster drugs for the American market that have been hailed as advances in the treatment of cancers, obesity and debilitating illnesses like cystic fibrosis.WuXi AppTec is one of several companies that lawmakers have identified as potential threats to the security of individual Americans’ genetic information and U.S. intellectual property. A Senate committee approved a bill in March that aides say is intended to push U.S. companies away from doing business with them.But lawmakers discussing the bill in the Senate and the House have said almost nothing in hearings about the vast scope of work that WuXi does for the U.S. biotech and pharmaceutical industries — and patients. A New York Ti...

Hundreds of survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing have filed a lawsuit against Britain's government intelligence agency MI5, their lawyers said.Three main firms - Hudgell Solicitors, Slater & Gordon and Broudie Jackson Canter - said in a statement on Sunday that they represented more than 250 victims of the attack and the families of those killed, and lodged a collective complaint with the Investigative Powers Tribunal. , an independent judicial body that examines complaints against British intelligence.“As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are neither able to provide further details, nor comment further, at this stage,” the group's statement read.The lawsuit comes a year after an independent public inquiry found that MI5, the national security service, failed to act on...

Tesla plans to lay off more than 10% of its workforce in an effort to cut costs, Elon Musk, the automaker's chief executive, told employees on Monday. The job cuts, which amount to around 14,000 people, come as the company faces growing competition and declining sales.“As we prepare the company for the next phase of growth, it is extremely important to examine every aspect of the company to reduce costs and increase productivity,” Musk told employees in an email, a copy of which was reviewed from The New York Times.“There is nothing I hate more, but it has to be done,” he wrote.The email was previously reported by Electrek, an online news site, and Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper.The move is the latest sign that Tesla may not be as unstoppable as it once seemed. The company...

Oil markets shrugged off rising tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend. Prices of international benchmark Brent crude oil fell about 1% to $89.49 a barrel on Monday morning.So far there has been relief because the long-awaited attack caused little damage and had no effect on supplies. Oil prices had already risen substantially in the days before the assault, surpassing the symbolic level of $90 a barrel last week.There is a sense in the market that prices are higher than would be justified based on supply and demand fundamentals. In a note after Saturday's Iranian assault, Goldman Sachs estimated this risk premium at between $5 and $10 a barrel.Rystad Energy, a consultancy, calculates that, based on fundamentals, B...

The New York Times is interested in the organ transplant system.Do you have a tip about irregularities in the system? If so, we need your help.If you are a doctor, nurse, technician, or anyone else who works on organ transplants, we would like to hear from you. We are also eager to speak with residents working in these transplant programs. And, of course, we also want to hear from patients and their families.

After Iran's attack, Israel weighs its options.

The Biden administration will award up to $6.6 billion in grants to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the leading maker of the most advanced microchips, in an effort to bring some of the most cutting-edge semiconductor technologies to the United States.The funds, which come from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, will help support the construction of TSMC's first major U.S. hub, in Phoenix. The company has already committed to building two plants at the site and will use some of the grant money to build a third plant in Phoenix, U.S. officials said Sunday. TSMC will also increase its total investments in the United States to more than $65 billion, up from $40 billion.Bringing the world's most sophisticated chip manufacturing to the United States has been a major ...

On Sunday the hospital waiting room was silent: there was no crowd of relatives, no sea of ​​patients. Israeli air defenses had just repelled a large-scale Iranian attack, recording only one serious casualty.But there was no sense that a crisis had been averted outside the pediatric intensive care unit at Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. Instead, tension filled the air until the ward doors opened and a panting mother stepped out, her face contorted. Then raw emotion quickly took over as she collapsed into a chair, crying.While Israel suffered little significant damage overnight, this family suffered a devastating blow. Amina al-Hasoni, 7 years old, was clinging to life and was the only serious victim of the Iranian barrage. And if not for systemic inequ...

Evan Stark, who studied domestic violence with his wife and then pioneered a concept called "coercive control," which describes the psychological and physical domination that abusers use to punish their partners, died March 18 at his home in Woodbridge, Connecticut. 82.His wife, Dr. Anne Flitcraft, said the cause was most likely a heart attack that occurred while he was on a Zoom call with women's advocates in British Columbia.Through studies begun in 1979, Drs. Stark and Flitcraft became experts in intimate partner violence, raising the alarm that beatings — and not car accidents or sexual assaults — were the leading cause of injuries that sent women to the emergency room.But in speaking with battered women and veterans who had experienced post-traumatic stress disorder as a result ...

In front of cameras and a crowd of nearly 300 guests, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, rushed to the far end of a polo field in South Florida on Friday.“The Duke of Sussex could score a goal!” shouted an announcer over a loudspeaker at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge to Benefit Sentebale, attended by spectators including Serena Williams and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Netflix film crews. The streamer is producing a polo-related project starring Harry and Meghan that was announced Thursday and will be filmed in Wellington, an affluent area near Palm Beach known for its equestrian scene.The announcer and many in the audience groaned loudly when Harry missed his shot. He wore a blue and white shirt with the number 2 on it, along with the logo for Sentebale, a charity he founded to support ...