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Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday. The deal, agreed to by Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family members who…
Breaking News | India | NewsIndian rescuers ‘back to the drawing board’ as tunnel rescue effort enters week 3
Nov. 27 (UPI) — Rescuers trying to reach a construction crew trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in India began their third week Monday by changing tactics. A panic ensued over the weekend after cracking noises were heard above the 41 men during vertical drilling into the disaster site in the northern state of Uttarakhand….
Weekly Update by Michael Armstrong – February 21, 2025
This week has been a whirlwind, like many others we have been through recently. The world at large is scrambling to deal with the United States’ new agenda on everything from tariffs to peace deals for the world’s most volatile regions. The ride has been anything but boring. Last weekend saw Hamas release more hostages…
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China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs. Beijing announced the plan on 4 February, minutes after new US levies of 10% on all Chinese products came…
EU ‘discomfort’ at Hungary chairing bloc meetings
EU ministers expressed “discomfort” on Tuesday at political outlier Hungary taking on the bloc’s rotating presidency next year, but Budapest vowed nothing could prevent it filling the prominent role. The European Parliament is to vote on a non-binding resolution on Thursday urging European Union capitals to deem Hungary unfit to assume the EU presidency in…


