Purdue Pharma’s foreign affiliate now selling overdose cure

This Dec. 12, 2019, photo shows a sign at the Mundipharma International headquarters at Cambridge Science Park in England. Mundipharma is the international affiliate of Purdue Pharma, the maker of the blockbuster painkiller OxyContin. Mundipharma is now marketing Nyxoid, a new brand of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication. (AP Photo/Leila Coker) The gleaming white

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Johnson eyes parliament vote before Christmas to “get Brexit done”

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to newly elected Conservative party MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell at Sedgefield Cricket Club in County Durham, north east England on December 14, 2019, following his Conservative party’s general election victory. Lindsey Parnaby/Pool via REUTERS British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will “get Brexit done” by Jan.

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Strong quake in southern Philippines kills one, injures several

A strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killing a child, damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent months. The magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 61 km (38 miles) southwest of Davao on

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Turkish navy orders Israeli ship out of Cyprus’ waters

The Israeli research ship was escorted out of waters off of Cyprus [File: AFP] Israeli ship had no choice but to depart even though Turkey does not have any jurisdiction over the area. The Turkish navy intercepted an Israeli ship in Cypriot waters and escorted it away as tension over natural resource exploration continues to

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Mo Farah’s knife attack brother deported and left to rot 4,000 miles from home

Credit: Daily Mirror Ahmed Farah’s flight back to Somalia (Image: Ahmed Farah) By Alan Selby EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Farah, 30, was sent back to Somalia after being freed from prison following a knife raid and now has to make a living in fourth poorest country in the world The disgraced brother of athletics legend Sir Mo

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Somali Prime Minister meets with his counterpart in Qatar asked more aid

Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hasan Ali Khaire, met with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. The two prime ministers discussed strengthening bilateral relations and bilateral cooperation. Somali Prime Minister asked more aid. Somali government’s failed  in reforms, Al-Shabaab openly taxes businesses and solicits

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Cargo ship hijacked, freed in Somali waters

Photo/Joc.com Somali sources reported hijack of cargo ship in Somali waters, which took place on Dec 9. The ship was released on Dec 13, after Puntland Marine Forces approached pirates and threatened to free the ship by force. Cargo ship was identified as ARS 13, en route from Djibouti to Mogadishu Somali. No data found

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They left Somalia for Toronto, then their sons were killed in Canada. These west-end mothers say they’re now ‘not scared of anything’

The mothers of Mending a Crack in the Sky meet in a Weston Road classroom early on Nov. 30. MOE DOIRON / TORONTO STAR By Wendy Gillis The introductions are a formality meant for any newcomers to the weekly Saturday meeting, called to order before much of the city is awake. But, in truth, the

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EU leaders debate Brexit as UK election indicates a way out

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, center, speaks with Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. European Union leaders are gathering Friday to discuss Britain’s departure from the bloc amid some relief that Prime Minister

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Winning big, Johnson on course to deliver swift Brexit

Conservatives’ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures while speaking after winning his seat at the counting centre in Britain’s general election in Uxbridge, Britain, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to take Britain out of the

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