Tag: latest
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Fourth person dies of Ebola in latest flare up in Guinea
A fourth person has died of Ebola in Guinea in the latest flare up of an epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people in that country, Sierra Leone and Liberia since 2013 but now claims few victims. “The young girl who was hospitalized at the Ebola treatment center in Nzerekore is dead,” said Fode…
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U.S. probes misconduct allegation at VA hospital in Cincinnati
Federal officials are investigating an allegation of misconduct at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, the latest problem for a scandal-plagued agency that has become a punching bag in the Nov. 8 presidential election campaign. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Saturday confirmed the latest investigation but provided no details about the allegation. “VA…
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Impact of Zika virus on Olympic preparations
Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil as they make plans for August’s Rio Olympics. Below are the latest announcements: AUSTRALIA Australia’s Olympic Committee said no athletes have indicated they intended to withdraw, but it would “totally understand” if they did.…
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Impact of Zika virus on Olympic preparations
Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil as they make plans for August’s Rio Olympics. Below are the latest announcements: AUSTRALIA Australia’s Olympic Committee said no athletes have indicated they intended to withdraw, but it would “totally understand” if they did.…
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Sanofi pledges stable 2016 earnings
By Matthias Blamont and Noëlle Mennella PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi said it expected stable earnings per share this year after reporting lower fourth-quarter income on Tuesday, hurt by declining sales of diabetes and cancer treatments and other prescription drugs. The French drugmaker, which is in the midst of a reorganisation to address falling sales of…
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Germany’s Transport Minister urges VW to clear up irregularities
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Transport Minister urged Volkswagen on Wednesday to leave no stone unturned in clearing up the latest irregularities and ensure that consumers would not be burdened.
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Branded drugs help Botox-maker Allergan beat profit estimates
(Reuters) – Allergan Plc, created from the merger of Actavis and Allergan, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on strong sales of high-margin branded drugs, its biggest business. The merger brought signature drugs such as Botox anti-wrinkle treatment and eye drops Restasis under one roof, freeing Allergan to enter into a deal to sell its generics…
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VW needs new structures to avoid future scandals: German government spokesman
Germany expects Volkswagen to clear up the latest irregularities in a transparent way, adding the carmaker needs to set up new structures to ensure that such a scandal does not happen again, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. “VW has a duty to clear this up transparently and comprehensively,” Steffen Seibert, the spokesman for Chancellor…
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Egyptian flooding drowns Gaza’s tunnel business
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Mahmoud Bakeer speaks with despair about the night of the flash flood, when he screamed at his wife and five children to flee their home on Gaza's border with Egypt as the water rushed in. For Bakeer, 61, the fact that Egypt, once a gateway to the world for…