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J&J moves to limit impact of Reuters report on asbestos in Baby Powder
Published On: December 18, 2018 11:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, Dec 18: Johnson & Johnson on Monday scrambled to contain fallout from a Reuters report that the healthcare conglomerate knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder, taking out full-page newspaper ads defending its product and practices, and readying its chief executive for his first television interview since investors erased tens of billions of dollars from the company’s market value.
Indian troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march
Published On: December 17, 2018 04:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, Dec 17: Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a call by separatists for a march toward India’s main military garrison in the disputed region.
Talks adopt ‘rulebook’ to put Paris climate deal into action
Published On: December 17, 2018 04:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KATOWICE, Dec 17: Almost 200 nations, including the world’s top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.
Sri Lankan president doubts he can work with reappointed PM
Published On: December 17, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
COLOMBO, Dec 17: Sri Lanka’s president accused newly reappointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of corrupt leadership in a scathing speech Sunday in which he voiced doubts about their ability to work together and signaled the 2-month political crisis is far from resolved.
Fighting around Yemen’s Hodeida leaves 12 dead, 25 wounded
Published On: December 17, 2018 09:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SANAA, Dec 17: Fighting has erupted between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government near the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeida, leaving at least 12 people dead and 25 others wounded from both sides, officials said on Sunday, just two days ahead of the implementation of a cease-fire agreed in talks in Sweden earlier this week.
Nations agree global climate pact rules, but seen as weak
Published On: December 16, 2018 04:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
KATOWICE, Dec 16: Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.
Indonesia’s Soputan volcano erupts, ejecting thick ash
Published On: December 16, 2018 03:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Dec 16: A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 meters (24,606 feet) into the sky.
Strike, lockdown shut Kashmir amid anger over killings
Published On: December 16, 2018 02:42 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, a day after chaotic protests and fighting killed seven civilians and four combatants in the disputed region.
Pakistan army chief confirms death sentence for 15 militants
Published On: December 16, 2018 12:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 : Pakistan’s army chief has approved death sentences for 15 people convicted by military courts of involvement in attacks that killed 32 security forces and two civilians.
Tear gas in Paris, but fewer protesters and bigger demands
Published On: December 16, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, Dec 16: A protest movement that has brought the French into the streets for five Saturdays in a row in a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron lost momentum in its latest nationwide outcry, but the smaller crowds pushed fervently for one of their expanding demands, a citizen’s referendum to help define policy.
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