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Generic drugmakers sold most opioids during overdose crisis
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription opioids and other drugs: six-figure bonuses and a chance to snag a coveted "President's Club" award, which could mean vacations to Hawaii, the Caribbean or Mexico.
Violence, industry co-exist in conservative Mexican state
Mexico's drug war has long played out in dusty northern border cities or the poppy fields of its southern mountains, but now the killings have moved to the conservative industrial heartland state of Guanajuato, creating a strange duality: shiny new auto plants and booming foreign investment even as the state becomes Mexico's most violent.
How deadly is new coronavirus? It's still too early to tell
Scientists can't tell yet how deadly the new virus that's spreading around the globe really is — and deepening the mystery, the fatality rate differs even within China.
Putin: Russian opposition provoked summer police violence
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the opposition provoked police violence during mass protests in Moscow last summer, with the sole aim of showing "what kind of heroes they are and that they will protect the interests of citizens with the same zeal if they get into power."
German authorities say man with virus in critical condition
Authorities in western Germany said Wednesday that a man who contracted COVID-19 is in critical condition and has been taken to a specialist hospital in Duesseldorf, as the country's main airline announced measures to prepare for the economic fallout of the outbreak.
Victims of New Delhi's deadly communal clashes fill hospital
Patients on stretchers crammed the emergency room, while relatives of the dead wailed outside a morgue as injured people continued to pour into a public hospital after three days of clashes between Hindus and Muslims coinciding with U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to India.
Egypt to hold full-honors military funeral for Mubarak
Egypt was preparing to hold a full-honors military funeral Wednesday for the country's former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who for decades was the face of stability in the Middle East but who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that swept much of the region.
Malaysia's Mohamad says will return as PM if he has support
Mahathir Mohamad says he will return as Malaysia's prime minister if he has majority support from lawmakers.
Death toll rises to 22 from Delhi riots during Trump trip
At least 22 people were killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump's first state visit to India, with the death toll expected to rise as hospitals continue to take in the wounded, authorities said Wednesday.
Xi says China makes positive contributions to global public health security
Upholding the spirit of a community with a shared future for mankind, China has not only been doing its best to protect the lives and health of its own people, but made positive contributions to safeguarding global public health security, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a phone call with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.