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France to 're-shore' production of 50 key medicines: Macron

France will bring home production of around 50 crucial medications for which it currently depends on imports, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, hoping to battle shortages of items like antibiotics and paracetamol.. Of the initial slate of drugs with a "clear dependence on imports from outside the EU", 25 "will have their production re-shored or significantly increased... in the coming weeks," Macron said during a visit to a pharmaceuticals factory in southern France.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 1 mins read

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BTS 'changed my life': Aussie fans make K-pop pilgrimage

The excitement on the tour bus was palpable.. – Family bonding – Pena's tour, meanwhile, has already ventured far afield -- the Australians did six hours round trip on their bus to the eastern city of Gangneung to see a bus stop where BTS once posed for an album cover.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.. Martina Schneider, Valneva's clinical strategy manager and the lead author of the study, called the results "promising".

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read

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Hit by Russian war, UNESCO-listed Czech spas seek restart

UNESCO-listed Czech spa towns are hunting for new clients following a dramatic decrease in their foreign clientele due to the Covid outbreak and Russia's war on Ukraine.. Pfeffer Ferklova said the UNESCO-listed towns were cooperating on marketing and presentation, adding that the western European spa towns were hit by the Russian war too.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Rescued Colombian kids in 'high spirits,' draw missing search dog

The four Indigenous children rescued after wandering the Colombian Amazon for 40 days are recovering and in "high spirits", welfare officials said Monday, even drawing a picture thought to depict a missing army search dog.. The army released a drawing attributed to the children that depicts Wilson, a rescue dog that went missing during the search.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read

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Ukraine children with disabilities struggle for therapy abroad

More than a year after fleeing from Ukraine to Hungary with her autistic son Roman, Iryna Bryk has still not found suitable therapy for her nine-year-old.. Bryk said she fled Ukraine to avoid her son being traumatised.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Speed demons: the 'uriko' beer vendors of Japanese baseball

In between chanting fans at Japan's Tokyo Dome baseball stadium race an army of women in fluorescent uniforms carrying unwieldy backpacks with attached spray-guns.. At Tokyo Dome, home to Japan's most popular baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants, vendors sell an average of about 20,000 glasses of beer at a night game.

Mon, Jun 12, 2023 3 mins read

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UK's pandemic inquiry set to open as victims' relatives lash out

An inquiry probing the UK government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic kicks off Tuesday with the investigation mired in controversy even before the first witness is called.. A spokeswoman for the inquiry said the chair had not ruled out calling testimony from bereaved people in later phases of the probe.

Mon, Jun 12, 2023 2 mins read

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Venezuela's 'daily bread,' humble arepa conquers the world

From the streets of Caracas to trendy eateries in New York, Paris and Tokyo, the arepa, a humble cornmeal flatbread, is riding a wave of Venezuelan emigration and feeding a craving for exotic and gluten-free food.. - 'Spread our culture' - In Tokyo, Venezuelan expat Raul Marquez, 42, and his Japanese wife Miho advertise "gluten-free, healthy street food" at their food truck selling arepas.

Mon, Jun 12, 2023 3 mins read

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Biden root canal forces abrupt postponement of NATO meeting

President Joe Biden underwent a dental root canal Monday with little public warning, forcing postponement of all scheduled events, including a meeting with the NATO secretary general.. The planned meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, as well as an evening diplomatic reception, "will be rescheduled for tomorrow," the White House said.

Mon, Jun 12, 2023 2 mins read