BioCardia: FDA minutes confirm CardiAMP HF II trial may support Premarket Approval for CardiAMP Cell Therapy System in ischemic HFrEF
Friday, June 5, 2026
Bio Green Med Solution enters definitive all‑stock deal to acquire Malaysia-based Future NRG
Bio Green Med Solution enters definitive all‑stock deal to acquire Malaysia-based Future NRG Sdn. Bhd.
- Company signs definitive Business Combination Agreement under which Future NRG Sdn. Bhd. will become a wholly owned subsidiary.
- Completion of the Future NRG acquisition remains subject to shareholder approval and customary regulatory clearances.
Ukraine: Russia behind explosion in Romania
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Naval Forces announced in a statement on Friday that it owns a marine drone that exploded in Constanta earlier in the day, but that the vehicle "lost control under the influence of the enemy's electronic warfare means."
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stated on X that the Ukrainian navy informed Romania that a naval drone that exploded in Constanta "had lost control because of Russian jamming." "This incident shows once again that Russia’s ongoing full-scale aggression poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but to the entire region," he added. "Effective coordination is key to mitigate its consequences to neighbouring countries."
Previously, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted that the incident in Constanta was a "direct consequence of Russia's war against Ukraine."
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Ukraine:-Russia-behind-explosion-in-Romania/66447294
Aoun to Hezbollah: Lebanese people not your people
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun said on Friday in a message to Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem that "the Lebanese people are not your people."
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Aoun insisted that Qassem does not represent the Lebanese people after the latter rejected a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. The people of Lebanon "deserve not seeing their homes destroyed every five to ten years," he noted.
Furthermore, the Lebanese president also criticized Iran for using his war-torn country "as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with the US." He emphasized that Iran is not trying to help Lebanon since the two countries' interests "do not coincide." "It's not your country, it's our country," Lebanon's leader sent a message to Tehran.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Aoun-to-Hezbollah:-Lebanese-people-not-your-people/66447644
Iran denies plans to transfer uranium
Tehran has not agreed to transfer any part of its enriched uranium to a third country, a source close to negotiations told Fars News Agency on Friday.
The denial comes after reports that the only outstanding material issue between the US and Iran concerns frozen assets. Iranian navy also disclosed that it fired warning missiles and drones at US warships in the Gulf of Oman, claiming that American military harassed commercial vessels.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Iran-denies-plans-to-transfer-uranium/66447361
Azerbaijan rejects CNN report Israel sent elite agents to Azerbaijan
Israel deployed "elite military and intelligence units" to Azerbaijan to aid its efforts during the military operation against Iran, CNN reported on Friday. According to two people familiar with the matter, the agents were stationed in the south of the country, near the border with Iran. In addition, "special commando units" were also allegedly sent to the area to collect intelligence and carry out drone missions.
The report claimed that Israel established covert sites in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Somaliland, among others, "some with permission, some likely without." A spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United States rejected the allegations in the report, while Israel has not commented.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Israel-said-to-have-sent-elite-agents-to-Azerbaijan/66444801
HSBC Swiss unit under probe in Lebanese fund embezzlement case – report
French prosecutors have placed HSBC's Swiss unit under preliminary charges over claims it assisted former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh in the embezzlement of funds.
Le Monde first reported the action by French prosecutors against HSBC.
The Paris financial prosecutor's office said Europe's biggest bank is under investigation over suspected conspiracy to commit offences including misuse of public money, breach of trust and bribery of a public official.
Under the French system, preliminary charges indicate prosecutors consider there is sufficient evidence to expand the investigation under an examining magistrate.
The judge will later decide whether the case should go to trial or be dropped.
HSBC said last year that French and Swiss authorities were investigating its alleged role in money laundering connected to "two historical bank relationships". It said the effect of the investigations could be significant.
Soon afterwards, its private banking arm ended ties with more than 1,000 wealthy Middle Eastern clients, including customers from Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, reported Financial Times.
Swiss regulator Finma said in 2024 that it had identified serious failures in anti-money laundering controls linked to more than $300m in transactions between Switzerland and Lebanon and ordered a review of high-risk client relationships.
The watchdog began enforcement proceedings in 2021.
Switzerland's attorney-general has alleged that Salameh, who led Lebanon's central bank for three decades, and his brother Raja Salameh moved more than $300m from the institution to an HSBC Switzerland account held in the name of Forry Associates.
The transfers allegedly occurred between 2002 and 2015.
Investigators have alleged that hundreds of millions were then channelled from Forry to Swiss bank accounts controlled by the two brothers.
Finma opened enforcement proceedings against HSBC in connection with the Lebanese clients in 2021.
Salameh was charged by prosecutors in Beirut in 2022 with embezzling more than $330mn in public funds.
He has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and told the FT in 2021 that "my integrity has never been questioned. I have always earned my money legitimately".
He said he had built his wealth through his financial career before taking public office. Raja Salameh has previously denied wrongdoing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/hsbc-swiss-unit-under-probe-115845781.html
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