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A biotech firm has announced trials for a dog implant that mimics the drugs taken by humans to help tackle obesityWhere humans lead, their dogs tend to follow – now it seems that might even apply to weight-loss wonder drugs.Medications such as Wegovy have become ubiquitous among people hoping to shed pounds quickly. But businesses keen to cash in on the science behind the weight-loss jabs are now investigating other applications for the drugs, and our four-legged friends could be the next in line for a slimming solution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/17/puppy-fat-jabs-are-our-pets-next-in-line-for-weight-loss-drugs Author : Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Exiled former lawmaker with $200,000 bounty for his arrest, who now works as a solicitor in Adelaide, says he and his family granted protection visas this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui, who is wanted by authorities in the Chinese city, has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed.The special administrative region, handed back to China by the UK in 1997, has seen dissent

On eve of economic roundtable, Chalmers downplays prospect of major tax changes. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTim Wilson sidesteps question about whether Coalition will dump support for net zeroFinally, Wilson was asked about internal pressure within the Coalition to abandon support for any policies that might help Australia achieve net zero and to address the climate crisis.We should make sure that we have net zero outages, net zero price increases, and net zero emissions, because you need to have things in a position of balance of policy to make sure that

Troops requested by Trump team are ‘ready to respond’ but ‘not on a political policing mission’, veteran group saysWest Virginia is to deploy 300 to 400 national guard troops to Washington DC at the request of the Trump administration, the state’s governor said on Saturday.West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey’s office said in a statement that the deployment is “a show of commitment to public safety and regional cooperation” and the state will provide equipment and “approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/west-virginia-national-guard-troops-dc-trump Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2025-08-16 22:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content