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Oklahoma judge finds J&J fueled opioid crisis
Norman, Aug 27 (AP/UNB) — An Oklahoma judge has found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid drug crisis, ordering the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to help address the problem.
Trump claims serious trade negotiations with China to begin
Biarritz, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump, under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that the two sides will begin serious negotiations soon.
Trump expresses confidence on Brexit talks
Biarritz, Aug 25 (AP/UNB)— President Donald Trump says he has confidence in new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to carry out Brexit talks with the European Union.
Economic storm clouds hovering over Trump and global leaders
Biarritz, Aug 25 (AP/UNB) — Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the richest democracies can make substantive progress on an array of issues at their summit in France.
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 25 (AP/UNB) — Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry.
Indonesian rescuers search for 34 missing after ferry fire
Indonesia, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — Rescuers were searching for more than 30 people believed missing after a ferry caught fire off the coast of Indonesia's main island of Java, killing at least three people.
Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping
Chicago, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that has become popular with teens and young adults.
Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalates
Washington, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump angrily escalated his trade fight with China on Friday, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there.
The 'chosen one'? Trump says never mind
Washington, Aug 24(AP/UNB) — The "chosen one" says never mind.
Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project
Washington, Aug 22 (AP/UNB) — The Pentagon is pulling the plug on a billion-dollar, technically troubled project to build a better weapon that would destroy incoming missiles. The move is aimed in part at considering new approaches to missile defense at a time of rapid technological change.