A hotel restaurant manager in India has been arrested after diners spat up blood. Police say that a waiter served after-dinner mouth fresheners containing dry ice. Dry ice, if ingested, can cause internal organ damage. Police in Gurugram in northern India arrested a hotel restaurant manager on Tuesday after social media footage appeared to show […]
Tech giant Apple has been fined €1.8 billion by the European Commission for not allowing music streaming apps like Spotify to tell customers they can subscribe for cheaper if they do not use Apple’s App Store. The Commission said Apple had abused its dominant position in the market for distributing music streaming apps, and had […]
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government. Moldova, a candidate to join the European Union, imposed new customs duties on Jan. 1, 2024 on imports to and exports from Transnistria, which borders Ukraine and isn’t recognized by […]
(Bloomberg) — Ukraine said it’s planning an additional route via the Danube River to boost exports to pre-war levels as a spat with Poland over agricultural deliveries blocks a land border with the European Union. Most Read from Bloomberg The Danube became a priority avenue for Ukrainian supplies after Russia exited a United Nations-backed safe […]
(Bloomberg) — China’s Coast Guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist vessel near an offshore outpost, in an apparent response to an accident that saw two fishermen die. Most Read from Bloomberg The Coast Guard officers checked documents of the ship operating near the Taiwanese island of Kinmen on Monday and left after about 30 minutes, the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trainee doctors in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trainee doctors in South Korea began resigning en masse Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, though no major disruption in the country’s medical service has yet occurred. Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government […]
A 24-year-old woman was run down and killed by a loved one driving a car as a domestic spat took a bloody turn in Brooklyn, cops said Friday. Cops were called to NYCHA’s Pink Houses on Loring Ave. near Autumn Ave. in East New York about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, where the victim was found […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky could be poised to soon meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as Hungary continues to block EU aid earmarked for Kiev. To pave the way for a potential meeting between the two leaders, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto are set to meet in the […]
Jan. 9—HIGH POINT — For Otis Battles, the reality of owning a restaurant in High Point’s new food hall didn’t live up to the hype. After eight months as one of the vendors at Stock and Grain Assembly, Battles said he closed Miss Johnnie Mae’s Kitchen in December because the volume of daily foot traffic […]
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled in favor of Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Corcept Therapeutics, sparking a frenzied sell-off in shares of the California-based drug developer. Corcept’s shares fell nearly 38% in trading after the bell. The lawsuit was tied to Korlym, Corcept’s drug to treat Cushing’s syndrome, which […]