Purdue Pharma owners willing to pay up to $6bn to settle opioid suits
Members of Sackler family would contribute sum over 18 years under latest proposal Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, maker...
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Jean-Luc Brunel, held on suspicion of supplying girls to Epstein, found hanged
Former model agency boss accused of rape and suspected of trafficking minors has died in prison The former boss of a French model agency accused...
Ukraine crisis: Biden ‘convinced’ Putin plans invasion; ‘40% of Russian forces’ in attack position – live
The US president hails ‘significant intelligence’ as Russian leader to oversee nuclear missile rehearsals; Ukraine’s Zelenskiy believed to be heading to Munich security conference British...
Canadian police arrest 70 protesters from Ottawa trucker convoy
At least 21 vehicles towed as police bid to break up protest camp that has paralysed Canada’s capital for several weeks Police in Ottawa have...
Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of shelling and ceasefire violations – live updates
Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels trade accusations of ceasefire violations; US president to host transatlantic call on Friday as western leaders gather in Munich Blinken...
Joe Biden says risk of Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very high’
Liz Truss says reports of Ukrainian military activity in Donbas are ‘straight out of the Kremlin playbook’ Ukraine crisis: live updates Joe Biden has said...
Biden: Ukraine invasion still ‘distinctly possible’ despite Russian claims
Putin had claimed a ‘partial’ military withdrawal from border areas but US president says 150,000 troops remain Joe Biden has claimed that 150,000 Russian troops...
Covid news live: airlines cancel hundreds of flights ahead of Christmas; AstraZeneca booster protects against Omicron, study finds
Christmas plans for many now in disarray as US and Australian airlines say flight crews are affected by Covid; AstraZeneca says three doses of its...
Joan Didion, American journalist and author, dies at age 87
Unsparing observer of national politics and her own life, she won enormous acclaim for her memoir of grief, The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion,...
Putin accuses west of ‘coming with its missiles to our doorstep’
Russian president again voices anger at Nato expansion and says he would be prepared to intervene in Ukraine Vladimir Putin has accused the west of...
