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Johnson & Johnson fails to overturn $2.12 billion baby…
Missouri’s highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
The Missouri…
Oil steady after Trump falsely claims victory in tight US…
LONDON: Oil was largely steady on Wednesday after President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in a tight U.S. election, despite millions of votes still to be counted and the final result not yet clear.
West Texas Intermediate was up…
US formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS: The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight…
At least three assailants open fire at Afghanistan’s Kabul…
KABUL: Explosion and gunshots were heard Monday afternoon at an educational institute in the capital of Afghanistan, local and international media reported.
Students of the Kabul University escaped a compound after at least three…
From tragedy to triumph: A look at Joe Biden’s political…
WASHINGTON: He has suffered profound personal tragedy and seen his earlier political ambitions thwarted, but veteran Democrat Joe Biden hopes his pledge to unify Americans will deliver him the presidency after nearly half a century in…
Israeli businessmen welcomed with kosher food, Hebrew signs as…
DUBAI: If you had asked Israeli businessman Yehonatan Ben Hamozeg earlier this year where he´d be pitching his palm tree saving technology in October, there was no chance he would have said the United Arab Emirates.
But after a surprise…
The man swimming around the coast of Ireland
The Irish endurance athlete is attempting to finswim around the coast of Ireland.
Finswimming involves swimming on the water's surface using fins and a snorkel.
Known as Finman, a nod to his Carrickfin heritage and his mode of…
US signs up pharmacy chains as COVID-19 vaccination centres:…
Several US retail pharmacy chains have agreed to serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites under a federal government plan.
A plan by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed companies who have agreed to participate…
UK’s Johnson considering new national lockdown for England
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientists said the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst predictions, a government official…
US elections 2020: Trump’s campaign website taken over by…
US President Donald Trump’s official campaign website on Wednesday was hacked by cryptocurrency scammers as the unknown adversaries were shown over various parts of the page.
Confirming the incident, a spokesperson for the Trump…