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Signage for Novartis AG at a building in the company’s headquarters campus in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSwiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to buy biotechnology company Avidity Biosciences for about $12 billion, the company said Sunday.Novartis will pay Avidity shareholders $72 a share in cash, a premium of 46% to the company’s Friday closing price.The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, after Avidity spins out parts of its business, including its early-stage precision cardiology programs, the company said in a statement. “The Avidity team has built robust…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett said Sunday he, too, has “felt pain” from China refusing to buy U.S.-grown soybeans during a trade conflict with President Donald Trump because “I’m actually a soybean farmer.”Bessent’s comment came during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week,” where he said that trade negotiations with China in the past two days had led to a “substantial framework” that he believed would alleviate American soybean farmers’ concerns about the boycott.Trump is set to meet later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.Bessent, a former hedge fund executive whose net worth is estimated by Forbes…

The 19-year-old striker left Sunday afternoon’s mini-Merseyside derby victory at the Academy in possession of the match ball. Figueroa netted the game’s opener in the fifth minute and then put Rob Page’s team 3-1 up at the break, before completing his treble in the second half. Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com post-match, the USA youth international said: “This is really important for me, especially because of how it’s been going for me recently. “Sometimes I’ve been playing, sometimes I’ve been not, injuries. I just had to keep my head high, I didn’t want to sulk or anything. “This was my career at…

Danny Röhl won his first league game in charge of Rangers with a 3-1 victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox.Rangers’ first home Premiership win of the season gave Röhl the dream start to life in Scotland after he suffered a 3-0 Europa League defeat at Brann in his first match in charge in midweek. But the German got the perfect response from his new side as Derek Cornelius headed in a 15th-minute opener from James Tavernier’s free-kick. Image: Derek Cornelius opened the scoring for Rangers The Ibrox crowd then sang Röhl’s name, but the positive mood was punctured when Rangers goalkeeper…

There is something special happening at Hearts, the question is can Celtic or any other team stop their title hopes?The Jambos are unbeaten in the Scottish Premiership and eight points clear of the Hoops after they beat the current champions 3-1 at Tynecastle Park. Derek McInnes fielded an unchanged starting XI for the fifth consecutive game while Brendan Rodgers looked to his academy and fringe players to fill in for first-team regulars.”We shall not be moved” rang around Tynecastle Park, but McInnes did not see it as a “statement win” while Rodgers called for “perspective” so early in the season.”We…

Thibault Klidje and Elie Youan were on target as high-flying Hibernian held on to claim a 2-1 Premiership victory away to Aberdeen.Hibs maintained their strong league form and managed to clinch maximum points for the second successive match, despite Marko Lazetic reducing the deficit in injury-time for the Dons for the second week in succession. Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin made three changes to the side that started their record European defeat against AEK Athens in midweek, with Ante Palaversa, Gavin Molloy and Kevin Nisbet starting.The visitors were sure to provide a stern test of the Dons’ improved domestic form and…

PORT-AU-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AP) — A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago ‘s capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.The arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation is in addition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate “a new eternal war” against his country.U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Maduro, without providing evidence, of being the…

The Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years and LSU dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday following its third loss in four games.The top six was unchanged, with Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Oregon.The idle Buckeyes received 53 first-place votes and the Hoosiers got 11, six more than last week. Texas A&M was No. 1 on one ballot.No. 7 Mississippi and No. 8 Georgia Tech…

Matty Cash’s brilliant first-half goal earned Aston Villa an excellent 1-0 win over Manchester City, whose Premier League title hopes took an early blow.Cash fired home from the edge of the area in the 19th minute and that proved enough for a fourth league win in a row for Villa, who celebrated Unai Emery’s third anniversary in charge in style.It was a third successive home victory over Pep Guardiola’s side, who fell six points behind leaders Arsenal and face the prospect of another hunt of Mikel Arteta’s side after Christmas.City were stifled excellently by a perfect Villa gameplan and Erling…

Bournemouth moved up to second in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory in Sean Dyche’s first league game in charge of Nottingham Forest.Marcus Tavernier scored direct from a corner in the first half as goalkeeper Matz Sels flapped at the set-piece, which should have been a goal kick, before Eli Junior Kroupi fired in his fourth goal in three league games just before the break. Dyche, who was shown a yellow card during the first half, was furious with the decision to award a corner. He told Sky Sports: “Everyone can see it’s a goal kick. It’s really…