Tag: the-government
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Guinea declared free of Ebola transmissions
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the end of Ebola in Guinea, commending the people and the government on the achievement.
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Canada PM vows Aboriginal reconciliation after school abuse report
By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to work toward full reconciliation with Canadian Aboriginals on Tuesday as he accepted a final report on the abuses of the government's now-defunct system of residential schools for indigenous children. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100…
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China toughens drug quality standards, rejects 13 applications
(Reuters) – China's food and drug regulator said late on Monday it had rejected applications for 13 new drugs, citing false or incomplete trial data, as the government toughens enforcement of quality standards. The regulator's crackdown comes after it called on manufacturers to carry out their own internal investigations into trial data in July, a…
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China to contribute A$20 million to MH370 search -government
China will contribute A$20 million ($14.5 million) to the hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the government reported on its website, the latest expansion of one of the costliest search missions in aviation history. Chinese premier Li Keqiang made the announcement at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday during a meeting with Australian…
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Chipotle E. coli outbreak reaches six states, shares tumble
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 40 people have fallen ill with E. coli food poisoning after eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in six different states, federal health officials said on Friday, sending shares of the burrito chain to an 18-month low. The outbreak expanded with new Chipotle-linked E. coli cases…
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Sierra Leone girls forced into "degrading" pregnancy tests after school ban
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Schoolgirls in Sierra Leone have been forced to undergo humiliating and degrading public pregnancy tests since the government banned pregnant girls from attending mainstream schools and taking exams, Amnesty International said on Friday. A ban on pregnant girls attending school has informally existed for a decade, but…
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Anguish over India’s move to ban ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country's booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry. The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India, one of only a handful of countries offering cheap surrogacy using skilled…