New report details how drug maker Pfizer used Covid to sanitise its decades of fraud, corruption and criminality
One of the most significant cultural transformations of the last two years has been the newfound glorification of the pharmaceutical industry. This is an industry that has been plagued by decades of fraud, corruption and criminality managed to quickly rebrand itself as the saviour of mankind during the Covid-19 crisis....
Sports journalist says Arsenal and Shakhtar had agreed transfer deal for coveted winger Mudryk
Mykhaylo Mudryk “will be an Arsenal player”, according to ESPN journalist Jorge Baravalle, who has praised the signing on his Twitter account. This follows a report earlier Tuesday from Ukrainian outlet Sport Arena, which suggested a breakthrough in talks had been made, with the negotiations for the deal now at...
North Africa is now a key transit point of illegal tobacco trafficked from eastern Europe – report
The trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business worldwide. One of the major global smuggling routes flows through the Balkans in Eastern Europe to North Africa, where a lack of security, high corruption, porous borders, and little cooperation among countries has created fertile ground for this trade. In 2017, over...
US arms Somalia with $9 million in military aid to the ongoing campaign against al Shabaab militants
The US announced Sunday that it’s giving $9 million in new military aid to help Somalia’s ongoing campaign against al-Shabab militants. It’s the first such direct military support since US forces returned to Somalia and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced an “all-out war” against the militants. The US embassy in...
Even before he plays first match for Al Nassr, Christiano Ronaldo’s salary is set to double to $424 per season
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to double his £175 million ($212 million) annual salary by promoting Saudi Arabia’s 2030 World Cup bid – taking his earnings to nearly £1 million ($1.2 million) a day. The veteran Portuguese forward signed for Al-Nassr last month after being axed by Manchester United. Ronaldo, 37,...
With 3,000 troops killed in Ukraiane, Russia dispatches frigate armed with ‘world’s deadliest’ weapons towards Britain
A Russian frigate armed with ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic Zircon missiles is staging war games as it sails towards Britain. Footage shows the warship Admiral Gorshkov, which is carrying one of the world’s deadliest weapons, “repelling a simulated enemy’s air strikes” in stormy conditions in the Norwegian Sea – six days into...
On Emirates wings: It’s not if, but when Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk is joining Arsenal
Arsenal have made significant progress on a deal to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk following fresh talks with Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday prior to the Gunners’ resounding 3-0 FA Cup victory at Oxford United. Although the two clubs remain in negotiations and are still yet to agree on a fee, the exhausting...
Eating healthy and exercising are part of obesity control, but tirzepatide drug is a promising add-on – research
There could be an even more effective drug in town for weight management – namely tirzepatide. As the world struggles with obesity ‘epidemic’ tirzepatide has emerged has emerged as one of the newest antidotes to a problem that is ravaging the younger population as a result of rapidly changing lifestyles....
Weight control breakthrough: New class of drugs that quash hunger stun obesity researchers
The hotel ballroom was packed to near capacity with scientists when Susan Yanovski arrived. Despite being 10 minutes early, she had to manoeuvre her way to one of the few empty seats near the back. The audience at the Obesity Week conference in San Diego, California, in November 2022, was...
Will Brazil President Lula da Silva deliver on promise of net-zero deforestation in Amazon Forest?
Expectations were high this week as Brazil’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, took office. Lula campaigned on promises to help the world fight climate change by protecting the Amazon rainforest, which sequesters a large portion of global carbon emissions. Under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in the Brazilian...
