EU drug companies warn of exodus to US as Trump threatens import tariffs

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Von der Leyen urged to take ‘rapid and radical action’ as president says tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’

Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.

Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% “reciprocal tariffs” on imports that kicked in overnight.

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Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else – politico.eu

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  1. Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else  politico.eu
  2. U.S. Threatens to Retaliate Against Plan to Make Ships Pay for Carbon Emissions  WSJ
  3. US against plan for levy on carbon emissions from ships, leak suggests  The Guardian
  4. World's first-ever global emissions tax is on the table at crunch shipping talks  CNBC
  5. US exits carbon talks on shipping, urges others to follow, document says  Reuters
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Russia Launched Offensive in Sumy and Kharkiv Regions, Ukraine’s Top Commander Confirms – The Moscow Times

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  1. Russia Launched Offensive in Sumy and Kharkiv Regions, Ukraine’s Top Commander Confirms  The Moscow Times
  2. Russia steps up offensive across the front line in Ukraine, in apparent defiance of Trump. What does it mean for the war?  CNN
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 9, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Ukraine's military chief says new Russian offensive has begun  Reuters
  5. Russia ‘readies for attack on Sumy with 67,000 troops at border’  The Times
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Court battle by survivor of Catholic church abuse will help others challenge past settlements, lawyers say

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Man praised for ‘towering courage’ in paving way for survivors to challenge past settlements that effectively protected church institutions

Lawyers for an abuse survivor say a high court ruling on Wednesday will pave the way for more survivors to challenge past settlements that “served only to protect the church institutions” from paying out genuine compensation.

The survivor, known as DZY, was confronted with insurmountable legal barriers to his planned civil action against the Christian Brothers in 2012 over abuse at the hands of two Catholic brothers, brothers Robert Best and Gerald Fitzgerald, in the 1960s.

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‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment

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Homeless residents given an hour to move belongings as City of Moreton Bay brings excavator to Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton

Homeless residents of one of Moreton Bay’s largest encampments watched on as council rangers and an excavator began tearing down their tents on Wednesday.

A dozen police and council officers arrived at Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton on Wednesday morning. The large park, next to the Pine Rivers Showgrounds, has been home to a dozen or more people, with about 15 tents standing when authorities arrived on Wednesday morning.

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Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park – CNN

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  1. Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park  CNN
  2. Dozens of hippos found dead at national park in Africa due to anthrax poisoning  USA Today
  3. DR Congo: Anthrax kills dozens of hippos in Virunga National Park  BBC
  4. 50 hippos die from anthrax poisoning at premier African national park: report  New York Post
  5. Dozens of hippos die of anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo  CBS News
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Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Opinion | Europe Needs Its Own Nukes  Politico
  3. The Predatory Friend: Trump Treats Europe as Anything but an Ally  The New York Times
  4. Europeans are responding to Trump by rallying around the EU flag  Atlantic Council
  5. Turning American Turmoil Into A Golden Opportunity for Europe  DCReport.org
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Tributes to ex-London scientist after body found dismembered in Colombia

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Alessandro Coatti described by former colleagues at Royal Society of Biology as ‘passionate and dedicated’

Tributes have been paid to a “passionate and dedicated” scientist after parts of his dismembered body were found in a suitcase in Colombia.

Alessandro Coatti, who worked at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in London, was discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast. The 42-year-old molecular biologist was travelling and conducting research in South America after working in London for eight years.

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Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked – Al Jazeera

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  1. Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked  Al Jazeera
  2. In a break from U.S., British PM calls for probe into Israel's killing of emergency workers in Gaza  NBC News
  3. ‘Dad, help me… we were targeted by the Israelis’: Audio and video capture last moments of aid workers killed in Gaza  CNN
  4. Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings  Reuters
  5. Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings  The Guardian
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Nursing home fire in northern China leaves 20 dead

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The Hebei nursing home’s other residents have been transferred to nearby hospitals as authorities investigate cause of the blaze

Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China’s Hebei province, Beijing’s state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.

The fire broke out on Tuesday night at the nursing home in Longhua County, roughly 180km northeast of the Chinese capital Beijing, Xinhua said.

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