Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin.
From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue in the drug supply and prescription sales chain—a strategy now cast as reckless and illegal in more than 1,500 …
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Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website’s effect on the country.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, on Sunday said America’s decision to shift its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem was evidence that negotiations and "appeasement" have failed Palestinians as he urged Muslims carry out jihad against the United States.
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If you take your London-used phone to the United Kingdom (UK), America, Malaysia, Germany and other European countries, you could end up in jail.
This warning came a few days ago from Tunji Disu, Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in a Twitter post. You may go to jail if you take …
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But legal experts said the 80-year-old certainly will spend less time than that behind bars, and there’s a very real possibility that he may not ever be incarcerated.
Why? Well, it’s mostly to do with his defense team’s plan to appeal the guilty verdict — likely on the grounds …
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Facebook has considered profiling its users’ personalities and using the information to target adverts.
A patent filed by the social network describes how personality characteristics, including emotional stability, could be determined from people’s messages and status updates. The firm is...
Syria’s once well-regarded air defense system completely failed to defend against the U.S.-led strike on the country's chemical weapons facilities last week, highlighting how far the regime's military has declined, according to the Pentagon and military analysts.
The Syrians fired 40...
Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the Russian upper house of parliament, said on Wednesday that Moscow’s response to U.S. sanctions will be targeted and painful, Russian news agencies reported.
The United States this month added several Russian firms and officials to a sanctions blacklist in...
The Air Force is set to acquire new wings for its A-10 Thunderbolts in order to keep the vaunted attack aircraft in operation until the 2030s.
The Air Force told Congress last year that 110 of its 283 A-10s were at risk of being permanently grounded unless money was apportioned to restart...
The global approval rating of America’s leadership has plunged to its lowest point in a decade, according to a new Gallup poll, with Germany and China ahead on the world stage. A thousand adults, aged 15 years or older across more than 130 countries, were questioned between March and November...
Win McNamee/Getty Images Ivanka Trump regularly advertises her fashion brand’s clothes and accessories by wearing them while conducting official government business. The Wall Street Journal found that the first daughter wore her brand’s products in 68% of her social media posts documenting...
A 49-year-old man, Everett Lee Compton has been arrested in Arkansas, USA after he was caught sneaking into a farm to have sex with a donkey.
Compton allegedly lured the animal with carrots. He was arrested after the farm owner set up a CCTV.
According to Daily Mail UK, the owner of the...
Ten months after announcing his improbable presidential candidacy at the midtown building that bears his name, Donald Trump returned to celebrate Tuesday's crushing primary win far ahead his Republican opponents.
Trump, whose campaign has appalled the Republican establishment, won 60.5 percent...
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Most cities in the US do not have a good public transportation system, hence you need to borrow, rent or buy a car to move from one place to another. An international drivers license/permit would allow you move around for sometime before you get a proper...
What is Super Tuesday?
Super Tuesday is the name given to the day when the largest number of US states are given the chance to cast votes for Republican and Democratic candidates. It is usually seen as a turning point in most presidential campaigns, and a key indicator as to who the nominees...
Republican Presidential Front-runner and American Billionaire, Donald Trump has threatened to evacuate Nigerians from America once he becomes President of the United State of America (USA).
Trump issued the threat on Sunday during a rally held at Wichita, Kansas, claiming that: “Nigerians and...
A team of Indian-American Scientists have developed a new hydrogel-based condom that contains antioxidants at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center.
Not only does it contain plant-based antioxidants, which kills the HIV-virus in case of condom breakage but it also uses antioxidants to...
President Barack Obama has tapped Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who served in top roles at the Treasury Department, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs.
Ms. Atkinson has served in her current post since June 2013, a position that...
Donald Trump has defended his controversial call to stop foreign Muslims entering America, saying: "They're not coming to this country", reports Nick Allen in Las Vegas.
In the final Republican debate of the year Mr Trump, the clear front-runner for the party's presidential nomination, also...
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