October2016
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40 Bangladeshi factories achieved substantial completion of CAP, according to Alliance’s 3rd annual report
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: As part of its ongoing commitment to enforcing a culture of safety in its Bangladesh garment factories, The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) issued its third annual report, which reflects significant progress toward... -
Police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of two officers in Palm Springs, California
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: Police arrested a suspect early on Sunday in the fatal shooting of two officers and the wounding of a third in Palm Springs, California, after an hours-long standoff that began with a report of... -
Germany investigates the operation of the autopilot system on Tesla cars
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: Germany said on Saturday it was still investigating the operation of the autopilot system on cars made by electric automaker Tesla, as German media reported an internal ministerial report called it “dangerous”. According to... -
More than 140 people killed in air strike at funeral ceremony in Yemen
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: More than 140 people were killed and more than 525 wounded on Saturday when air strikes hit a funeral ceremony in Yemen, a United Nations official said, with Huthi rebels blaming the attack on... -
Donald Trump will not quit presidential race over lewd talk about women
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: Donald Trump’s lewd videotaped remarks about women threw his White House campaign and the Republican Party in crisis on Saturday, just 30 days from the election and on the eve of his second debate... -
Former rebel group leader killed by a mine explosion in northern Mali
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: A leader of a former rebel group in northern Mali was killed on Saturday by a mine explosion in Kidal in the country’s north, military and ex-rebel sources said. Cheikh Ag Aoussa’s car “was... -
AstraZeneca CEO: Bristol drug flop opens big cancer opportunity
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: The failure of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blockbuster Opdivo immunotherapy in previously untreated lung cancer patients has opened up the market for AstraZeneca, its chief executive believes. “Suddenly, this trial news opens quite some opportunities for... -
Roche lung cancer drug success adds to pressure on Bristol
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: Lung cancer patients on Roche’s immune system-boosting drug Tecentriq lived on average 4.2 months longer than those taking chemotherapy in a pivotal study, pressuring Bristol-Myers Squibb’s dominant position in the field. The trial involved... -
China’s Golden Week tourists ‘shed inhibitions’ and hit the road
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: When Ines Chou was planning her “Golden Week” holiday, it was Britain’s history and heritage rather than its high street shops that lured her to the country. Chou was among a record six million... -
Hopes for revival pinned on Afghan palace restoration
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: After years of abandonment, the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, one of the most recognizable symbols of Afghanistan’s decades of war, is to be restored in a project authorities hope will come to...
