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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Three former executives of medical device company Magellan Diagnostics concealed a malfunction in the company’s lead-testing devices that caused tests to underestimate the level of lead in people’s blood, U.S. prosecutors in Boston said in announcing criminal charges on Wednesday. Amy Winslow, Hossein Maleknia and Reba Daoust misled Magellan customers and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about when they discovered the defect, the extent […]

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the historic criminal charges […]

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the historic criminal charges […]

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the historic criminal charges […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he expected decisions to be announced in the coming days and weeks to alleviate anger among Polish farmers linked to Ukrainian grain imports. He told reporters at a briefing standing alongside Poland’s prime minister that he had discussed the matter of Ukrainian and Polish farmers at talks in Warsaw on Wednesday and found a solution. “We have found a way […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he expected decisions to be announced in the coming days and weeks to alleviate anger among Polish farmers linked to Ukrainian grain imports. He told reporters at a briefing standing alongside Poland’s prime minister that he had discussed the matter of Ukrainian and Polish farmers at talks in Warsaw on Wednesday and found a solution. “We have found a way […]