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Exclusive: Cigna drops coverage of GLP-1 obesity drugs for its own employees

Health insurer Cigna (CI.N), opens new tab will ​stop covering GLP-1 weight-loss ‌drugs including Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s (LLY.N), opens new tab Zepbound in ​its employee health plan ​effective July 1, according to ⁠materials viewed by Reuters on ​Tuesday.

June 3, 2026 3:10 pm

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UK police under pressure after dying student was handcuffed

British police faced a national backlash on Tuesday over the inflammatory case of an ‌18-year-old student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack.

June 3, 2026 2:06 pm

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Sweden prepares prisons for 13-year-old gang killers

A ​surge in gang-related shootings and bombings over the last decade, dozens of which were carried out by minors, has set Sweden apart from its European peers ‌and left authorities an urgent problem: what to do with children who kill.

June 3, 2026 12:21 pm

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Robot patrol dogs could be coming to Taiwan's South China Sea islands

The Taiwan military’s top weapons development institute showed off on Tuesday three robot patrol dogs that could one day be used on ​Taiwan’s islands in the disputed South China Sea.

June 3, 2026 11:24 am

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Israel strikes south Lebanon after stepping back from Beirut attack

Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on ​Tuesday, pressing its campaign against Hezbollah a day after U.S. President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation in the ‌three-month-old war.

June 3, 2026 9:56 am

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Trump administration drops $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund

The Trump administration is abandoning ‌the president’s nearly $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators.

June 3, 2026 8:25 am

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Nine dead, dozens wounded as Russia launches major attack across Ukraine

Russian air attacks on ​major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 ‌early on Tuesday, authorities said, following days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.

June 2, 2026 5:00 pm

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Bus driver charged with five counts of manslaughter in Virginia highway wreck

A tour bus driver has been charged with manslaughter stemming from the deaths of five people in ​a fiery chain-reaction crash that police say was ‌triggered when the motor coach plowed into slower-moving traffic in a highway construction zone.

June 2, 2026 3:00 pm

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Trump signs proclamation amending tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports

June 2, 2026 1:00 pm

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Trump's 'weaponization' fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress

President Donald Trump’s ​nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponization” has been put on hold after the White House faced fierce opposition from ‌Republicans in Congress, three sources familiar with the plan said on Monday.

June 2, 2026 11:00 am

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Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel, Hezbollah but attacks continue

Lebanon on Monday announced a partial ceasefire ​between Hezbollah and Israel, in what would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has killed thousands ‌of people and inflamed the broader war with Iran.

June 2, 2026 10:00 am

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Denmark's Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister

Denmark’s Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she has agreed to form a centre-left coalition ​government, maintaining her grip on power amid a crisis in ties with ‌U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of Greenland.

June 2, 2026 9:00 am