Tag: news-conference
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Canada should require plain packaging on pot products: panel
By Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalized for recreational use and require plain packaging for such products, an official panel recommended on Tuesday, a potential setback to growers who hoped to build brands. With medical marijuana already legal in Canada,…
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Lack of funds threatens malaria progress: WHO
For example, 43 percent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa was not protected by treated nets or indoor spraying. “The unprecedented progress in malaria is one of the biggest successes in healthcare history,” Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme, told reporters in London. The report said that “sustained and sufficient funding for…
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Canada agrees on national carbon price, but tensions remain
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Friday reached a deal with eight of the 10 provinces to introduce a landmark national carbon price, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will help Canada meet its international climate change obligations. The agreement was only struck after hours of heated talks and energy-producing Saskatchewan…
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4 more Zika cases, likely homegrown, found in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Four more cases of Zika that were likely transmitted by mosquito bites in Texas have been found in the same neighborhood where the state’s first such case was discovered, state health officials said Friday.
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Canada approves new pipelines to boost exports, greens ready to fight
By David Ljunggren and Leah Schnurr OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Tuesday approved Kinder Morgan Inc's hotly contested plan to twin a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast, setting up a battle with environmentalists who helped elect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The government, under pressure from both green groups and the…
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Mexico, Central America seek joint strategy on migrants as Trump looms
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala met on Monday to form a strategy to protect their migrants in the United States, in a show of regional solidarity following Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election. Trump's election upset has sent shockwaves through Mexico…
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The Novartis house that Vasella built gets extreme makeover
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Signals from Swiss drugmaker Novartis that it could unload its struggling Alcon eyecare business is the latest step in dismantling former leader Dan Vasella's vision of building a European healthcare giant. Chairman Joerg Reinhardt said at the weekend that Alcon's woes have intensified soul-searching over the unit's future. “All…
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The Novartis house that Vasella built gets extreme makeover
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Signals from Swiss drugmaker Novartis that it could unload its struggling Alcon eyecare business is the latest step in dismantling former leader Dan Vasella's vision of building a European healthcare giant. Chairman Joerg Reinhardt said at the weekend that Alcon's woes have intensified soul-searching over the unit's future. “All…
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Alstom and French government clash over future of Belfort plant
Alstom will go ahead with plans to shut down manufacturing at its Belfort plant in eastern France, its CEO told staff on Tuesday, setting up a confrontation with the French government which vowed “everything will be done” to prevent that. The French engineering firm, which makes the country's TGV high-speed trains and is 20 percent…