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Opioid crisis: Johnson & Johnson hit by landmark ruling
August 30, 2019 · By Russell Hotten for www.bbc.com
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£468m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma’s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the judgement that it would appeal. The case was the first to go to trial out of thousands of lawsuits filed against opioid makers and […]
Read More...Protestant ‘mission’ visits Philippine death zones
August 29, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Church workers from at least 10 countries conducted what they described was a “religious mission” this month to different regions of the Philippines blighted by extrajudicial killings. They went on a “pilgrim visit” to communities in the capital Manila, to farming villages in Negros province and to tribal communities in Mindanao. The 14 individuals representing different Christian churches […]
Read More...We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what we can do
August 29, 2019 · By Leila Salazar-Lopez and Lindsey Allen for edition.cnn.com
(CNN) – Called “the lungs of the Earth”, the Amazon rainforest and its lush trees make roughly 20% of the oxygen on Earth. Yet, right now, the skies of Sao Paolo, Brazil are black and the smoke can be seen from space. Flames are ravaging the Amazon Basin. Though climate change has catalyzed many devastating blazes in […]
Read More...Trump’s chilling plan punishes children
August 29, 2019 · By Raul Reyes for edition.cnn.com
(CNN)When all else fails, lock up children. That’s the message from the Trump administration, which on Wednesday announced a regulation allowing it to indefinitely detain migrant families who arrive at our southern border. The new rule would replace a court agreement known as the Flores settlement, which sets minimum standards for migrant children in government […]
Read More...Prostitution Ring Highlights Vulnerability of Colombia Indigenous Communities
August 28, 2019 · By InSight Crime for www.insightcrime.org
Authorities in Colombia have broken up a prostitution ring exploiting indigenous minors in the Amazonas department, the second human trafficking ring arrested this year in the region. On July 31, police arrested 13 suspected participants in a criminal network, including three members of local indigenous communities, which recruited indigenous girls for prostitution, according to a […]
Read More...RICO suit against Buffalo diocese alleges conspiracy in sexual abuse cases
August 28, 2019 · By CNA for www.catholicnewsagency.com
Buffalo, N.Y., Aug 15, 2019 / 11:55 am (CNA).- Twenty-two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Aug. 14 against the Diocese of Buffalo, a province of the Society of Jesus, multiple priests, eight parishes, three high schools, a seminary, among others, alleging “a pattern of racketeering activity” that enabled and covered up clerical sexual abuse. The lawsuit […]
Read More...UN gives stark warning over food security and climate change
August 23, 2019 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, according to a landmark UN climate assessment. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that efforts to limit global warming while feeding a booming population could be wrecked without swift and […]
Read More...South Africa gets go-ahead to increase black rhino trophy hunting
August 23, 2019 · By Damian Carrington in Geneva for www.theguardian.com
South Africa has won permission to almost double the number of black rhinos that can be killed as trophies after arguing the money raised will support conservation of the critically endangered species. The decision was made at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) after receiving support from some African nations and opposition from […]
Read More...‘I am DNA proof my father is a rapist’
August 22, 2019 ·
A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called “victimless prosecution”, in one of the first cases of its kind, the BBC has learned. “Vicky” says her mother was under the age of consent when a family friend she claims was in his 30s raped her. She says her birth […]
Read More...Jeffrey Epstein: How conspiracy theories spread after financier’s death
August 20, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Just hours after the high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday, unsubstantiated theories about his death began to gain traction online. Epstein, who was set to stand trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, killed himself in his jail cell in New York, prison officials said. He was accused of running a “vast […]
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