Russian oligarch sues Trump’s former aide Manafort for fraud

    A Russian oligarch and Putin ally is suing Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort for misappropriating almost $19 million invested in Ukrainian telecoms companies. A company connected to Oleg Deripaska is taking Mr Manafor to court after their long-running business relationship surfaced amid the Russia collusion investigation. The lawsuit was filed in a New…

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      In Victory for Grassroots Campaign, Met Museum Will Stop Accepting Donations From Opioid Crisis-Fueling Sackler Family

      Organizers behind a campaign to pressure major art institutions into cutting ties with the Sackler family secured a major victory Wednesday when the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it would no longer accept donations from the family, whose pharmaceutical empire helped fuel the opioid crisis. Fourteen months after the grassroots group P.A.I.N. Sackler held its…

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        'Hugely Important Breakthrough for Human and Animal Health' as EU Approves Antibiotic Restrictions for Livestock to Battle Superbugs

        In a move celebrated by experts and activists who continue to raise alarm about the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance—fueled in part by rampant overuse of medicines in agriculture—the European Parliament on Thursday approved new rules for antibiotic use on healthy farm animals. “This is a hugely important breakthrough for human and animal health and…

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          Trump’s former lawyer claims president knew about secret election meeting with Russian informant

          Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Mr Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to reports. CNN and NBC, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen is willing to make that assertion to…

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            ITU says yes to Russian triathletes

            Following Sunday’s news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will leave it up to each of the individual international sporting federations on whether to allow Russian athletes to compete in their sports at the Olympic Games, the International Triathlon Union have decided to allow Russian athletes to compete in the triathlon races on 18 and…

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