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Coca-Cola looking at cannabis-infused drinks

Coca-Cola looking at cannabis-infused drinks

Coca-Cola said on Monday it is studying the use of a key ingredient in marijuana in “wellness beverages,” as a growing number of mainstream companies develop cannabis-infused drinks. “We have no interest in marijuana or cannabis,” Coca-Cola said in a statement. But the iconic soft drink producer is “closely watching the growth of non-psychoactive CBD […]

Govt photographer cropped photos of Trump’s inauguration to make crowd look bigger

Govt photographer cropped photos of Trump’s inauguration to make crowd look bigger

A government photographer cropped photos of the pompous event in order to make the crowd look bigger after Trump called the National Park Service to complain, according to federal records released Friday. The unnamed photographer cropped the pictures to make it appear as if “there had been more of a crowd” after he was informed […]

US Senator, War Hero John McCain Has Died

US Senator, War Hero John McCain Has Died

CAPITOL HILL — U.S. Senator John McCain died Saturday at age 81 after a battle with brain cancer that robbed America of a revered statesman, proud patriot, and self-sacrificing warrior. His daughter, Meghan McCain, released a statement. Shortly after McCain’s death was announced, President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences. Best known for having survived as […]

US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF

US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF

The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and Mexico, are highlighted in a new report from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, which also draws attention to the traumatic consequences of family separation by migration authorities. In the first 6 months […]

Monsanto $290 million lawsuit ruling a ‘significant recognition’ of victims’ human rights, say UN rights experts

Monsanto $290 million lawsuit ruling a ‘significant recognition’ of victims’ human rights, say UN rights experts

The court decision to award nearly $290 million to a terminally-ill man from the United States who claimed his cancer was caused by a herbicide in a commercial weed killer, has been welcomed by two United Nations human rights experts as a “significant recognition” of the responsibilities that chemical companies have to consumers. A court […]

Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, Dead at 76

Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, Dead at 76

It was a small moment that would reverberate for decades. On January 24th, 1967, Aretha Franklin was struggling to record “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),” her first project for Atlantic after several years recording more conventional material for Columbia. As Franklin would recall, something with the studio musicians wasn’t clicking […]

Federated Investors, Inc. and International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to Develop a Trade-Finance Portfolio Focused on Sovereign Energy Sector

Federated Investors, Inc. and International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to Develop a Trade-Finance Portfolio Focused on Sovereign Energy Sector

Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) (www.FederatedInvestors.com/FII/home.do), one of the largest investment managers in the United States, and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org/en), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, announced an agreement to launch a sovereign energy trade-finance portfolio. The ITFC Sovereign Energy Fund (ISEF) will be sponsored and managed by […]

In Tokyo, UN chief expresses full support for US-Japan dialogue with North Korea

In Tokyo, UN chief expresses full support for US-Japan dialogue with North Korea

At a joint press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the ongoing talks between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as Japan’s renewed initiative of dialogue with the country. “As Secretary-General of the United Nations, I am […]

Recent Events in Zimbabwe – Strong statement from the US, Zambia gets a special mention

Recent Events in Zimbabwe – Strong statement from the US, Zambia gets a special mention

The United States government is gravely concerned by credible reports of numerous detentions, beatings, and other abuses of Zimbabweans over the past week, particularly targeting opposition activists. There should be no role for violence, intimidation, or harassment in the new Zimbabwe. We are also deeply concerned that Zambia chose to hand over former Minister of […]

Thousands petition for LeBron James as U.S. Secretary of Education

Thousands petition for LeBron James as U.S. Secretary of Education

In light of LeBron James and Akron Public Schools’ creating the I Promise School for 240 third- and fourth-graders, thousands of folks have been inspired. They’ve been inspired to the point at which they have put a petition together calling for current U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to be fired. Indeed, they want James […]

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