(CNN)A defamation lawsuit has been filed against broadcaster Alex Jones, along with some of his associates, for saying the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was fake. On Wednesday, families of four students and two educators who died, along with one FBI agent who responded to the shooting, filed the suit in a Connecticut court. “Jones […]

New York (CNNBusiness)Two years of pandemic uncertainty forced many couples to postpone or even cancel their nuptial celebrations. But weddings are coming back with gusto. This year’s wedding boom is projected to be big, according to a new report from wedding planning site The Knot. It anticipates as many as 2.6 million weddings to take place in 2022, up from […]

Ukrainian soldiers are successfully fighting back against Russian forces to reclaim some lost ground in parts of the country, the Pentagon says. Ukrainian forces have continued to hold off Russian attempts at invading the Ukraine capital of Kyiv by about 15 kilometers to the northwest and about 30 kilometers to the east, according to a senior Defense Department official. There […]

Teva Pharmaceuticals has initiated a recall of lot 31329657B of IDArubicin Hydrochloride Injection USP 5 mg/5 mL vial in the United States due to the possible presence of particulate matter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. IDArubicin Hydrochloride Injection USP in combination with other approved anti-leukemic drugs is indicated for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia or AML in […]

Employees who lost their jobs due to a requirement to get vaccinated will not have a right to get them back under advice provided by the Government today on vaccine mandates. Last week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the end of controversial vaccine mandates for education, police and Defence Force workers from 11.59pm on April 4. Today the Government has […]

U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase rolls out Coinbase Pay to enable its users to smoothly fund their Coinbase Wallet from the Chrome browser extension. This will do away with the cumbersome process that involves multiple steps, switching between apps, and manual transfers. Previously, Coinbase users who wanted to add funds to their Coinbase Wallet from the browser extension needed to navigate […]

Drug major Pfizer Inc. has recalled certain lots of blood pressure drug Accuretic tablets as well as two authorized generics due to the elevated levels of nitrosamine, N-nitroso-quinapril content, a probable human carcinogen. The recall involves six lots of Accuretic (quinapril Hcl/hydrochlorothiazide) tablets, one lot of quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets and four lots of quinapril HCl/ hydrochlorothiazide tablets to the […]

Kiwi art collectors dug deep at Webb’s Works of Art auction tonight, paying high prices for the work of some of New Zealand’s most revered artists. A major work by the late Christchurch artist Bill Hammond sold for $485,100. The large acrylic-on-canvas painting, featuring Hammond’s distinctive bird-like creatures and painted in 2015, was one of five Hammonds for sale, three […]

BBC Breakfast compare petrol and diesel prices We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Russell Hardy, chief executive at Dutch energy and commodity trading company Vitol, warned […]