A controversial statue in Washington, DC, and replicated in Boston, has a story that many people currently opposed to the statues might not know, according to reports. Both statues depict President Abraham Lincoln standing on a kneeling black man who has just been released from slavery. Critics of the statues …
Read More »Zogenix Gets Approval of New Drug to Treat Rare Type of Childhood Epilepsy
A Zogenix’s new drug that treats a rare and severe type of epilepsy was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, a decision that clears the way for the company to compete against a recently approved drug derived from marijuana. The drug Zogenix, called Fintepla, is a liquid …
Read More »Border between India and China: Satellite images show accumulation at the site of the deadly confrontation
The images, from US satellite operator Maxar Technologies, were taken on Monday, a week after what has been described as hand-to-hand stick and stick fights that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. China has not reported any casualties from the clash in a river valley along the Current Control …
Read More »Dismissed Miami police officer accused of putting a knee to the neck of a black woman
(Reuters) – A former Miami police officer was charged Thursday with assault and misconduct after a video appeared showing him pressing his knee to a black woman’s neck and savoring her stomach, while she continued to scream, according to US media reports. Jordi Martel, 30, was charged with official misconduct …
Read More »Imran Khan criticized after calling Osama Bin Laden a “martyr”
Image copyright AFP Screenshot Imran Khan referred to Bin Laden during a speech in the National Assembly on Thursday Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition parliamentarians after telling parliament that the United States “martyred” Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 …
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