Canadians voted Monday in general elections marked by a strong desire for change with the liberal son of a former prime minister well placed to end nine years of Tory rule. Public opinion has swung wildly during the campaign, but final polling showed rookie leader Justin Trudeau’s Liberals now eight points ahead of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. The 43-year-old, who made a late surge from third place, is the
NEW DELHI (AP) — The International Cricket Council on Monday withdrew umpire Aleem Dar of Pakistan from the remainder of the limited-overs series between India and South Africa after a group it described as “extremist” threatened to prevent him from officiating in the last game in Mumbai.
TRNOVEC, Croatia (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All times local.
Valeant CEO J. Michael Pearson told investors the company’s 2016 outlook is based on expectations for a new pricing environment where none of its drugs have an actual price increase of more than 10 percent. Valeant shares fell 7.5 percent, or $13.18, to $164.38 on the New York Stock Exchange, while the broader Arca pharmaceutical index was off 0.56 percent . “The pharmaceutical industry is being aggressively sort of attacked
A federal judge has blocked Louisiana’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood clinics in the state, finding that more than 5,000 low-income patients would have their healthcare disrupted by a move he ruled likely ran afoul of the law. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles issued a temporary restraining order late on Sunday requiring Louisiana to continue providing Medicaid funding to the reproductive health organization’s clinics for the next two weeks as
Emergency supplies for 29,500 people arrived in four besieged Syrian towns on Sunday under a local ceasefire agreement but no one was evacuated as the deal provided for, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday. Thirty-one trucks took the medical and humanitarian supplies to the Shi’ite Muslim towns of Kefraya and al-Foua, under rebel siege in Idlib province in northwest Syria, as well
