PPE Medpro tried to sell the UK medical equipment with a safety report purportedly provided by a company that has denied authoring the document, the government has alleged in a £133mn lawsuit against the scandal-riven medical supplies group. PPE Medpro, incorporated just weeks before it signed its first contract with the Department of Health and … Read more
(CNN) — The Philippines government has announced that it will launch an official investigation into what led to a severe outage at the country’s largest airport on New Year’s Day that disrupted hundreds of flights and left thousands of travelers stranded. Technical issues were detected at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) on the morning … Read more
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Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last recognized rebel group in the country, said on Friday they would invite the United States to join their peace process. The talks are an initiative by President Gustavo Petro, who in August became Colombia’s first-ever leftist leader and has vowed a less bellicose approach to … Read more
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The UK Cabinet Office has told central government departments to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance systems on “sensitive sites”, citing security risks. Announcing the ban on Thursday, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said it would cover visual surveillance equipment “produced by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China”. He said … Read more
The Venezuelan government and the country’s opposition will resume long-stalled talks on Saturday in Mexico, a development that opens the prospect of easing US oil sanctions in return for progress towards free and fair elections. Revolutionary socialist president Nicolás Maduro has presided over an unprecedented economic collapse in the once-wealthy oil-exporting nation amid allegations of … Read more
Iranian soccer player Voria Ghafouri (right), then a member of the national soccer team, fights for the ball with Iraqi midfielder Hussein Ali during the AFC Asian Cup soccer match in Dubai in 2019. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported on Thursday that Iran arrested Ghafouri for insulting the national soccer team and … Read more
CNN — On October 1, five of the so-called Citgo 6 were woken up early in their Venezuelan prison by a guard telling them to “get dressed up properly.” The men put on their yellow prison suits – “We called it our ‘Minion’ suit,” Jose Pereira said – before they were instructed by the head … Read more
Fauci gives final briefing after 50 years in government – CBS News Watch CBS News Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, held his final news briefing Tuesday before he steps down from his government position next month. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive … Read more