(AFP) — A British pharmaceutical company was fined over £1 million on Friday for supplying contaminated feed for premature babies and potentially causing “serious harm”. Nineteen infants were infected at nine hospitals in England after receiving a contaminated batch of…
By Stuart Williams and Jurgen HeckerAgence France-Presse (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Monday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come…
(AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that accusing Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine could lead to the war spreading, as he defended his decision not to use the term. “The word genocide has a meaning” and “needs…
(Eagle News) — The United States announced it had ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai Consulate to leave, while voicing concerns for the safety of Americans in China. A spokesman from its Beijing Embassy said in a statement that…
(AFP) — More than 4.3 million Ukrainians have now fled their country since the Russian invasion, the United Nations said Thursday. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 4,319,494 Ukrainians had fled across the border since the war began on February…
(AFP) — The bodies of five men tortured and killed by Russian troops were found in the basement of a children’s health facility, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office said on Monday. “In the basement of one of the children’s sanatoriums,…
By Alexandra Vardi and Daniella CheslowAgence France-Presse (AFP) — “I was supposed to go to study today, but now I’m going to a funeral,” laments Shlomo Alperin, 23, still in shock from witnessing the most violent attack in years in…
(AFP) — At least 21 people were killed and 25 were injured on Thursday when Russian forces shelled a town in eastern Ukraine, local prosecutors said. Artillery fire early Thursday hit a school and a cultural centre in the town…
WASHINGTON (Eagle News) — President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday the U.S. would send an additional $800 million worth of assistance to help Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion. According to the White House, the assistance will take…
By Dmitry Zaks and Dave ClarkAgence France-Presse (AFP) — Russia and Ukraine failed to make a breakthrough Thursday in their first top-level talks since Moscow’s invasion two weeks ago, amid international outrage over the bombing of a children’s hospital that…
