June 9, 2023
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court gave billionaire Sackler family members the legal golden key they have been seeking for nearly four years: Sackler will be protected from all opioid-related civil lawsuits linked to their company, Purdue Pharma, the drug’s maker. prescription painkiller Oxycontin. In return, they agreed to pay up to $6 billion to
READ MOREGermany said on Wednesday it would close four of Russia’s five consulates, revoking their licenses, in retaliation after Moscow’s decision to limit the number of German officials in Russia to 350. The move represents a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations amid a wider collapse in relations following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early last year. Russia
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Advertising On May 9, the port of Sittwe on Myanmar’s Bay of Bengal coast received the first shipment of about 1,000 metric tons of cement, which had been shipped from the Indian port of Kolkata five days earlier. The opening of the shipping line between Calcutta and Sittwe has received positive feedback from both countries,
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Key points Boys are more talkative than girls, according to a new study. Boys spoke more in the first year of life, and girls in the second. This is the largest study ever done on this topic. Babies-boys babble more than girls, according to a scientific article debunking the common belief that girls have a
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pitchers Blake Trainen belonging Dodgers and Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals issued scathing statements Tuesday, criticizing the Dodgers for their decision to admit Sisters of Eternal Indulgence during their Pride Night celebration next month. “I am disappointed to see that Sister [sic] The Eternal Indulgence is celebrated like a hero at Dodger Stadium. wrote
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A new British-designed dialysis machine capable of treating liver disease could be deployed to NHS hospitals within three years. University College London trials new dialysis machine for liver failure “Dialive” filters toxins from patients’ blood, allowing the liver to recover TO Keith Pickles Updated: 6:16 pm ET, May 31, 2023 British scientists have developed a
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Published May 31, 2023 11:45 AM To FIR staff The number of vacancies in April increased slightly due to the reduction in layoffs: The labor market remains stable and shows no signs of rapid cooling Below, EPI Senior Economist Elise Gould offers her initial findings on today’s April Jobs and Turnover Survey (JOLTS). Read the
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Why it matters: Older adults are at higher risk. Each year, about 60,000 adults aged 65 and over are hospitalized with RSV, and 6,000 to 10,000 people die from the virus, according to the FDA. valued. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rated that in one year more than 21,000 people in this age group
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Russian-German relations are at a new low after the German government announced on Wednesday that Russia would have to close four of its five consultants in Germany. This is a tit-for-tat response after Moscow placed a limit on the number of employees of the German embassy and related bodies in Russia. The Kremlin has said
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