Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers
Paris (AFP) - Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also ...
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Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers
Paris (AFP) - Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also ...
Mongolia’s children choke in toxic pollution
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) - As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, ...
Five years ago, WHO’s pandemic call shook world into action
Geneva (AFP) - Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a ...
‘Now or never’ for pandemic accord, says WHO chief after US pulls out
Geneva (AFP) - The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was "now or never" to strike ...
Bootleg liquor deaths revive debate on Turkey alcohol tax
Istanbul (AFP) - With 38 people dead in four days and 26 in intensive care after drinking bootleg liquor in ...
Toyota arm Hino makes deal to settle emission fraud case
Washington (AFP) - US officials late Wednesday announced a $1. 6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors to settle ...
Starbucks shift on non-paying visitors stirs debate in US
New York (AFP) - Starbucks has stirred the coffee pot by reversing a policy that allowed anyone to use its ...
Portugal, Spain, France bust contaminated seafood ring
Lisbon (AFP) - A European operation has spared revellers a potential food poisoning nightmare before Christmas, seizing 30 tonnes of ...
McKinsey to pay $650 mn to settle US criminal case on opioids
New York (AFP) - Consulting giant McKinsey & Company will pay $650 million to settle US criminal charges that it ...
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