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At a brutal congressional hearing in Washington Wednesday, Mylan NV’s chief executive officer didn’t have any friends among Republicans who said they wished they could defend the drugmaker, Bloomberg News reports. Republicans who described themselves as “free market” and “pro-business” said the drugmaker’s aggressive pricing of its EpiPen allergy shot – the cost of which went
Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million for environmental damages caused by a 2011 pipeline break that spilled 63,000 gallons (238,474 liters) of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River and prompted a national debate over lax pipeline safety rules, officials said Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The payment is meant to settle claims from the U.S. and state
Some academics in Ghana have started a petition to take down a statue of ‘racist’ Gandhi. ...
The UN has said it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria after halting operations in response to a deadly attack on an aid mission on Monday. Trucks will start rolling to some areas but "carefully and cautiously", the UN envoy to Syria Staffan di Mistura told the BBC. Meanwhile, the US has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas
ROME -- Rome mayor Virginia Raggi on Wednesday announced the Italian capital was withdrawing its bid to host the 2024 Olympic games. The decision was mainly based on financial and corruption risk concerns. The investments and costs needed to
(CNN)Puerto Rico has gone dark. A power outage on the island has left nearly 1.5 million people without power, according to a statement from the government-run
CHARLOTTE: Violence flared Wednesday in the southern US city of Charlotte, North Carolina, in a second night of unrest ignited by the fatal police shooting of a black man. Several hundred people taunted riot police in front of a hotel in the city center, during which a man fell to the ground. Witnesses said police brought him into the hotel after he fell, leaving blood on the
In her first address to the UN General Assembly as national leader, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve a crisis over treatment of the country’s Muslim minority. Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been criticized for doing too little to address the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in
For the first time in years, Iran is not the center of controversy at the United Nations. For President Hassan Rouhani, that counts as a win. The annual gathering of leaders used to be where the Islamic Republic was denounced as a pariah by Western powers for the anti-Semitic tirades of Rouhani’s predecessor, Mahoud Ahmadinejad. But with a nuclear deal under his belt, a
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State extremist group fired a munition at an Iraqi air force base that tested positive for mustard gas, the U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday. ...
Exclusive: Bleaching may be standard by 2020s says leading reef researcher as new images show the damage to areas around Japanese islands of Okinawa
Indian will acquire 36 Rafale jets and lethal arsenal for a reduced cost of €7.8 billion. ...
A leading Philippines politician and critic of President Rodrigo Duterte says she has been forced to leave her home because of fears over her safety. "I don't feel safe. The truth is I am not safe," Senator Leila de Lima told reporters on Thursday. "They are violating my rights to security, rights to privacy." De Lima was dramatically removed as head of the Senate Justice and
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dedicated the bulk of his speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday to addressing an increasingly hostile dispute with India over Kashmir, furthering the war of words between the two countries following a militant attack on one of the region’s Indian army bases. “Peace and normalization between Pakistan
Australian authorities have cast doubt on the theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have had a fire on board before it went missing. Earlier this month, pieces of debris appearing to show burn marks were recovered in Madagascar. However, authorities say there is no evidence yet that the
New revelations published by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and news organizations from Europe, South America, Asia and Africa reveal fresh information about offshore companies in the Bahamas. The leaked Bahamian files reveal details of the offshore activities of prime ministers, ministers,
Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say 32 people, including four police officers, have been killed during two days of clashes between protesting demonstrators and anti-riot forces in the capital, Kinshasa. Clashes erupted in Kinshasa on Monday, when thousands of opposition supporters rallied against President Joseph Kabila and his bid to extend his term, but
Human Rights Watch describes deal with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as ‘an affront to victims of grave abuses’
Earlier this month, Hurricane Hermine caused storm surges that flooded the Florida coast, killed one person, and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. This is the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since 2005’s Category 3 Hurricane Wilma, but the Atlantic basin is no stranger to . In fact, the Atlantic Ocean sees seven named storms per
(CNN)A new genomic study has revealed that Aboriginal Australians are the oldest known civilization on Earth, with ancestries stretching back roughly 75,000 years. In a study published in the journal Nature Wednesday, a group of international researchers -- including nine Aboriginal leaders -- collected genomic data on 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 Highland Papuans from