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Combs's ex Cassie takes witness stand for fourth day
AFP, Published on 17/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Defense lawyers for music mogul Sean Combs on Friday cross-examined his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura for a second day at his sex trafficking trial, seeking to poke holes in her testimony and portray her as erratic.
Chinese ambassador Xie Feng says Beijing does not want to fight but will not be 'intimidated'
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/05/2025
» Beijing's top diplomat in the US took another hit at Washington's tariffs on Chinese goods on Saturday, while reiterating that China was open to dialogue -- but only on the basis of reciprocity and mutual respect.
Trump says tariff 'pain' will be 'worth the price'
AFP, Published on 02/02/2025
» PALM BEACH (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans may feel economic "pain" from his tariffs on key trading partners, but argued it would be "worth the price" to secure US interests.
Syrians protest after video of attack on Alawite shrine
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
Consultants pay $650m to settle US opioid case
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2024
» BOSTON - The multinational consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a US criminal investigation into its work advising the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma on how to boost sales.
Kratom now a $1-billion industry in the US
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/10/2024
» In Southeast Asia, people for centuries have chewed the leaves of the kratom tree — part of the coffee family — as a pain-relieving, energy- and mood-boosting remedy.
‘It’s the fentanyl,’ Marcos says on Duterte’s drug tirades
Bloomberg, Published on 29/01/2024
» Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr traded accusations of drug use with his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte in his first public rebuke of the former leader as the rift between the country’s two most powerful political clans deepens.
US high court to hear challenge to $6bn Purdue opioid settlement
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge on Monday to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.
Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.
Johnson & Johnson proposes $8.9 bn settlement of talc cancer claims
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» NEW YORK - US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday proposed an $8.9 billion settlement to resolve years-old lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused cancer.