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Marine Le Pen barred from 2027 French presidency run
Bloomberg, Published on 31/03/2025
» Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s presidential ambitions were dealt a potential death blow after she was convicted of embezzlement by a French court and barred from running in the next election in 2027.
Charlie Hebdo unveils special edition 10 years since attack
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» PARIS - French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo unveiled a special edition Monday to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by Islamist gunmen that decimated its staff.
Hong Kong finds 13 potentially deadly infections linked to fish
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/09/2024
» HONG KONG: Thirteen more patients suffering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection have tested positive for a strain linked to contact with raw freshwater fish, bringing the total to 40 cases in a month, with health authorities warning the number may rise further.
Hong Kongers told to safeguard against 'flesh-eating' bacteria infection when in Japan
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/06/2024
» HONG KONG: Infectious disease experts have urged Hong Kongers travelling to Japan to maintain good personal hygiene and proper wound care, after the country logged a record-high number of cases of a potentially deadly disease caused by "flesh-eating" bacteria.
Farm animals are hauled all over the country; so are their pathogens
The New York TImes, Published on 20/05/2024
» The bird flu virus that is spreading through American dairy cows can probably be traced back to a single spillover event. Late last year, scientists believe, the virus jumped from wild birds into cattle in the Texas panhandle. By this spring, the virus, known as H5N1, had travelled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina and Michigan.
Bacterial infections the 'second leading cause of death worldwide'
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» PARIS: Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday.
Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to poorest countries
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.