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Monsanto

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

Nuclear Disarmament

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

Electric Scooter

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

Holocaust

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

Riots

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

Riots

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

Monsanto

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

Protectionism

WILL ‘NEVER SURRENDER’

(Adds further Trump comments in paragraphs 8,9) * China's higher tariffs on U.S. goods effective June 1 * Trump says he will meet Chinese president in June * Financial markets rattled by escalating trade war By Jeff Mason and Se Young Lee WASHINGTON/BEIJ…

bubmagMay 14, 2019

Trade War

Japan Finmin Aso: Sino-U.S. trade war won’t trigger economic crisis

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday the Sino-U.S. trade war would not immediately trigger an economic shock on the scale of the “Lehman shock”, though the friction between the world’s two largest economies is unlikely to be re…

bubmagMay 14, 2019

eSports

Magic: The Gathering’s New Pro Players Prove To Be Controversial Picks

Today, Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast announced that it had signed two new players to its fledgling Pro League, including the leagues first woman. While it has been a galvanizing decision for many players, especially female ones, some fan…

bubmagMay 14, 2019

US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim – BBC News

China Not Interested in Joining Russia-US Strategic Arms Reduction Talks – FM

Woman beaten to death with electric scooter – KSBY San Luis Obispo News

Uproar follows US congresswoman’s Holocaust remarks

France, New Zealand to launch a call to end online ‘extremism’…

Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots kill one despite curfew

Chemical giant ordered to pay billions over weedkiller cancer claims

WILL ‘NEVER SURRENDER’

Japan Finmin Aso: Sino-U.S. trade war won’t trigger economic crisis

Magic: The Gathering’s New Pro Players Prove To Be Controversial Picks

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