Novartis agrees to $642mn US settlement over kickbacks
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to pay more than $642 million to settle a lawsuit which accused it of paying kickbacks to doctors, among other allegations, the US Department…
Russian voters back reforms
Constitutional measures extend Putin’s power to 2036 Russians overwhelmingly approved a package of constitutional changes in a nationwide vote, partial results showed Wednesday, allowing President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend…
81 killed in violence after Ethiopian singer tragedy
Two days of protests have left at least 81 people dead in Ethiopia, a police chief said Wednesday, after the murder of a popular singer from the country's largest ethnic…
Global pandemic accelerating
Daily US cases soar past 50,000 as WHO delivers warning New daily coronavirus cases in the US soared past 50,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as the World Health…
Trump approves cutting 9,500 troops in Germany: Pentagon
US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to slash US military presence in Germany by 9,500 troops, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said the move,…
‘Nowhere to go’: US pandemic prison releases prompt housing concerns
When Livia Pinheiro got out of prison, she had been held for more than a decade - first by the state of California, then by the federal government and finally…
COVID-19 cases could go up to 100,000 per day in US, Fauci warns
Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious-diseases expert, said on Tuesday the country is "not in total control" of the coronavirus pandemic, giving a dire warning that COVID-19 cases in…
Biden only to campaign online
US Presidential challenger calls off public rallies for safety US Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday he will not hold presidential campaign rallies during the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented declaration that…
US not on EU’s initial ‘safe list’
14 nations approved by bloc for nonessential travel The European Union (EU) has excluded the US from its initial "safe list" of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential…
APEC 2021 to be held online: NZ
The annual APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders will go virtual in 2021 to avoid travel risks associated with the global coronavirus pandemic, 2021 hosts New Zealand said Tuesday. New Zealand's…