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“The company continues to pursue several paths to achieve a comprehensive and final resolution of the talc litigation. As was leaked last week, that progress includes an agreement in principle that the company reached with a consortium of 43 state attorneys general to resolve their talc claims,” he said in a statement. Source link

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Abortions are legal in England if they are performed by a registered medical practitioner and take place within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Otherwise, it is illegal to deliberately end a pregnancy and, under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, it carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

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Three films are expected to dominate the Oscars after the nominations were announced for the 96th Academy awards.Ahead of the nominations it was all about Barbenheimer – and the hype has borne out, to a point.Oppenheimer leads the way with a whopping 13 nominations – including nods in all the big categories.But Barbie’s very respectable eight nominations have been slightly overshadowed by lead actress Margot Robbie missing out for her acting role and Greta Gerwig being ignored in the Best Director category. Source link

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Speaking about the situation in Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, regional director at the WHO, said: “We have seen, in the region, not only a 30-fold increase in measles cases, but also nearly 21,000 hospitalisations and five measles-related deaths. This is concerning.

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