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Cough syrup deaths: Why drugs made in India are sparking safety concerns

1 year ago

Oct 17: The children, suffering from cough and cold, had been prescribed a cough syrup by local doctors. Instead of recovering, they fell seriously ill, vomiting, running high fever and...

Unification Church: Japan to investigate religious group linked to Abe killing

1 year ago

Oct 17: His accused killer said the church had bankrupted his mother and blamed Abe for allegedly promoting it. Scrutiny of the religious sect in the weeks following then...

How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable

1 year ago

Oct 17: A decade ago little was known about Mr Xi - apart from the fact that he was a "princeling" because his father was one of the country's revolutionary...

Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts

1 year ago

Oct 16: Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in Mubende and neighbouring Kassanda, and a curfew will come into force. The move is a...

Turkish mine explosion kills 28 and leaves dozens trapped

1 year ago

Oct 15: Around 110 people were in the mine at the time of the blast on Friday, almost half of them at over 300 metres deep. Turkey's health minister...

Australia floods: Three states issue evacuation orders after heavy rain

1 year ago

OCT 14: Parts of the country have received more than three times their average October rainfall in just 24 hours. At least 500 homes have been flooded, one person...

Ukraine war: UN General Assembly condemns Russia annexation

1 year ago

Oct 13: The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine. The resolution was supported by 143 countri ...

Nato countries to boost Ukraine's missile defence after massive Russian strikes

1 year ago

Oct 13: The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the Netherlands includes missiles and radars. The US earlier made a similar pledge. One high-tech system from Germany is...

Cough-syrup scandal: How did it end up in The Gambia?

1 year ago

What went wrong in The Gambia? Last week, the World Heath Organization (WHO) issued a global alert over four brands of cough syrups, saying they could be lin ...

Ukraine war round-up: Missiles shake cities but troops say morale high

1 year ago

Oct 11: Civilian areas of Kyiv and other cities were badly hit and infrastructure was targeted, leaving many areas without power. This is the first time Kyiv has been...

India facing a pandemic of antibiotics-resistant superbugs

1 year ago

Oct 10: This happens when bacteria change over time and become resistant to drugs that are supposed to defeat them and cure the infections they cause. Such resistance directly...

Crimean bridge: Who - or what - caused the explosion?

1 year ago

Oct 10: There are plenty of theories, not all of them very credible. Russia was quick to suggest this was a truck (lorry) bomb, but didn't say who orchestrated...

Maiden Pharmaceuticals: India investigates cough syrups after Gambia deaths

1 year ago

Oct 8: The WHO said the children had died of kidney injuries. It said it found "unacceptable" levels of toxins in the syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals. It also...

New York City declares emergency over migrant 'crisis'

1 year ago

Oct 8: More than 17,000 have arrived in the city from the southern border since April. Republican states like Texas, Arizona and Florida have been sending migrants to Democratic...

Ukraine war: Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks

1 year ago

Oct 6: The Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are "accepted into the Russian Federation" the documents say. But in two of those areas - Luhansk and Khers ...

North Korea carries out sixth missile launch in two weeks

1 year ago

Oct 6: Pyongyang on Wednesday described its recent blitz as "just counteraction measures" to joint US and South Korean military drills. On Tuesday Pyongyang fired a miss ...