California jury hits Bayer with $2 bn award in Roundup cancer trial
A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. The large puni…
bubmagMay 14, 2019
Jury awards couple $2 billion in weed killer cancer trial
This article, Jury awards couple $2 billion in weed killer cancer trial, originally appeared on CBSNews.com A jury in Oakland, California, has awarded a couple $2 billion in punitive damages after concluding that sustained exposure to Monsanto Co.'s popular …
bubmagMay 14, 2019
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim – BBC News
Image copyrightAFPImage caption Bayer acquired Roundup as part of its takeover of US company Monsanto A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the weedkiller Roundup was responsible for their cancer. It is the third ti…
bubmagMay 14, 2019
China Not Interested in Joining Russia-US Strategic Arms Reduction Talks – FM
Sputnik News 17:42 13.05.2019(updated 18:04 13.05.2019) SOCHI (Sputnik) - China has no need to join Russia-US bilateral talks on nuclear disarmament, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a statement. "China is really not interested and has no need to …
bubmagMay 14, 2019
Woman beaten to death with electric scooter – KSBY San Luis Obispo News
Woman beaten to death with electric scooter - KSBY San Luis Obispo News
bubmagMay 14, 2019
Uproar follows US congresswoman’s Holocaust remarks
US President Donald Trump on Monday entered the swirling debate over a US Congresswoman's comments regarding the Holocaust that Republicans have condemned as anti-Semitic. The uproar began last week when Rashida Tlaib, a freshman congresswoman in the House o…
bubmagMay 14, 2019
France, New Zealand to launch a call to end online ‘extremism’…
France, New Zealand to launch a call to end online 'extremism'...
bubmagMay 14, 2019
Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots kill one despite curfew
Mobs slashed to death a Sri Lankan Muslim man despite a nationwide curfew imposed on Monday night after anti-Muslim riots spread to three districts north of the capital in a violent backlash against Easter suicide bombings. The 45-year-old man died shortly a…
bubmagMay 14, 2019
Chemical giant ordered to pay billions over weedkiller cancer claims
A Californian jury has ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay $US2 billion ($2.8b) to a couple who say they contracted cancer after using the commonly used weedkiller, Roundup. Monsanto $2 billion jury payout order Key points: Alberta and Alva Pilliod used…
bubmagMay 14, 2019