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PARIS — A French appeals court on Wednesday ordered pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay more than $460 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths. The health scandal came to light in 2007 when a doctor raised the alert on heart risks linked to Mediator, a drug destined for […]
Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and deport people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin, Texas, claims that the law signed by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan will “handle” Chinese balloons flying nearby based on threat assessments, though officials believe the current wave is for weather purposes, driven by the prevailing winds at this time of year, the defense ministry in Taipei said on Wednesday. The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in […]
WHAM! have pulled ahead in the race for 2023’s Official Christmas Number 1 – but with The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl issuing a brand-new Fairytale of New York vinyl release and hype building around fellow contenders Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey, it’s still too early to count anyone out. WHAM! (aka Andrew Ridgeley and the […]
Dua Lipa has quipped that John Cena is her “emotional support actor”. The ‘Don’t Start Now’ hitmaker made her acting debut in the blockbuster ‘Barbie’ movie playing Mermaid Barbie alongside the former wrestler’s Kenmaid and the pair appear onscreen together again in her next flick ‘Argylle’. The pair play LaGrange and Wyatt, respectively, in the […]
TOKYO — Toyota Motor’s Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan’s biggest automaker said on Wednesday, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues at 64 models, including almost two dozen sold under Toyota’s brand. An independent panel has been investigating Daihatsu after it said in April it had rigged side-collision […]
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: an ice skating rink in Ontario, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley. And — coming soon — kitchen faucets. California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater […]
WATERLOO, IOWA — Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his comments about migrants crossing the southern border “poisoning the blood” of America, and he reinforced the message while denying any similarities to fascist writings others had noted. “I never read ‘Mein Kampf,’” Trump said at a campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa, referencing Adolf Hitler’s […]
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the U.S. company’s fortunes with a successful return to space following an uncrewed crash in 2022. Though mission NS-24 carried a payload of science experiments, not people, it paves the way for Jeff Bezos’ aerospace enterprise to resume taking wealthy […]
Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid strongly criticized the referees after the Chiefs lost against the Bills. Now, the NFL has a sanction ready. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid sparked a huge controversy when they severely criticized referees for a late call in the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. Kadarius Toney was clearly offside, but, the quarterback […]
