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☆ Indian maker of cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Indian maker of a cough syrup that was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan said on Friday that it had halted production of all medicines after an inspection by the drug regulator. Indian media reported that the inspectors had found deviation from rules on manufacturing at one of Marion Biotech's units. Uzbekistan's health ministry said at least 18 children died in Samarkand city after consuming Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max syrup. Hasan Harris, Marion Biotech's legal head, told Reuters partner ANI, "We await the reports, the factory was inspected. The Uzbekistan case follows deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia that had been linked to cough and cold syrups manufactured by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

☆ Netflix's 'The Witcher: Blood Origin' is a Christmas present for superfans only
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Sadly, “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” Netflix’s new spinoff, is a disappointment. Not that the original “Witcher” wholly depended on Cavill as its titular lead. “Blood Origin” is the first live-action spinoff, a prequel deep-dive that chronicles how witchers came to be. Unfortunately, “Blood Origin” doesn’t do much with its excellent pieces. “Blood Origin” just feels like a side quest, something that’s only worthwhile for superfans.

☆ Serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu by a cavalcade of police cars a little after midday, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, a jailor at the Central Jail, told Reuters. His notoriety and exploits have been the subject of several dramatizations, including a Netflix and BBC joint production released last year. Sobhraj escaped from India’s Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging prison guards with cookies and cakes laced with sleeping pills. “Jail authorities will hand him over to the department of immigration today,” Sobhraj’s lawyer, Chintan told Reuters earlier on Friday.

☆ Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Police officers escort Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as 'the Serpent', accused of killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia, to the Department of Immigration after he was released from prison, following an order of Nepal's Supreme Court, in Kathmandu, Nepal December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Chandra Bahadur AleKATHMANDU, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu by a cavalcade of police cars a little after midday, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, a jailor at the Central Jail, told Reuters. Sobhraj escaped from India's Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging prison guards with cookies and cakes laced with sleeping pills. "Jail authorities will hand him over to the department of immigration today," Sobhraj's lawyer, Chintan told Reuters earlier on Friday.

☆ "Yellowstone" prequel “1923” bring white grievances to Paramount Plus
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It’s a grimmer chapter of an ongoing story, and one that is plagued by an inability to articulate why these white men murdering their way across the landscape are heroes worth rooting for. Cultural critics love prestige series. Few celebrated the end of the toxically misogynist “The Big Bang Theory,” or have seemed eager to discuss the resurgence of seemingly endless police procedurals starring white men. But the series has gained viewership year over year, with subsequent spinoffs debuting on new flagship streaming service, Paramount+. Like so many white male grievances, to question the logic is to side with the enemy.

☆ Kremlin: Putin gave Modi Russian view on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "fundamental assessments" of the conflict in Ukraine during a call on Friday, while both sides expressed satisfaction with growing bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin said. Reuters partner agency ANI cited Modi's office as saying Modi had reiterated his call for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way forward in the conflict. Modi had made similar comments in public at a summit in September of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, when he told Putin that "today's era is not an era of war". In a statement, the Kremlin said Putin had given Modi his assessment of the conflict at Modi's request. India has become a leading buyer of Russian energy since Western sanctions triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February sharply reduced Western purchases of Russian oil and gas.

☆ Netflix 'Christmas Carol' reboot 'Spirited' misses Elon Musk irony
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The Americanized “Spirited” is available on Apple TV+, while the British-based “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” debuted on Netflix on Friday. Originally published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was that era’s equivalent of a bestseller, with 13 editions published in the first year of print alone. (“The Muppet’s Christmas Carol,” for example, cast perpetual hero Kermit T. Frog as Cratchit rather than Scrooge.) The animation is vibrant, capturing the feel of the old Claymation-style Christmas TV specials. It is a bizarre and somewhat grotesque rewriting of the story’s moral; it's “A Christmas Carol” seen through the lens of bothsiderism.

☆ Netflix's best Thanksgiving movie is not streaming: 'Glass Onion'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” is a bit of a clunky title. But the film itself, which only ever calls itself “Glass Onion” on screen, is a delightful trifle of a mystery movie, a laugh-out-loud comedy that deserves to be a mass market theatrical hit. Perhaps “Glass Onion” is better experienced on streaming — at least philosophically. But perhaps “Glass Onion” is better experienced on streaming — at least philosophically. That being said, “Glass Onion” is as wonderfully enjoyable as its predecessor, even though there’s little need to connect the two.

☆ How Do You Pronounce Qatar? Probably Incorrectly.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

WORLD CUP 2022 The 2022 World Cup is being hosted in Qatar, which, as everyone knows, is pronounced . Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, announcing in 2010 that “Ka-TAR” would host the 2022 World Cup. Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of Qatar’s World Cup organization QatarThis has not helped alleviate the general confusion among visitors. “I know it’s probably not the correct way — KUH-ter is for those who probably know what they’re talking about a little bit more — but I’m going with Ka-TAR.”Walker Zimmerman of the United States national team knows he doesn’t say Qatar correctly. Martin Tyler, the legendary Sky Sports broadcaster who is working his 12th World Cup this year, said he would do the same.

☆ Historic compensation fund approved at U.N. climate talks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The decision establishes a fund for what negotiators call loss and damage. Early Sunday morning, delegates approved the compensation fund but had not dealt with the contentious issues of an overall temperature goal, emissions cutting and the desire to target all fossil fuels for phase down. This year’s talks “were very focused on the fund and less on the mitigation (cutting emissions) part,” Eide added. However, that fight was overshadowed by the historic compensation fund. But like all climate financials, it is one thing to create a fund, it’s another to get money flowing in and out, she said.

☆ What are people saying about the COP27 deal?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I urge you to acknowledge when you walk out of this room, that we have all fallen short in actions to avoid and minimise loss and damage. "Too many parties are not ready to make more progress today in the fight against climate crisis." PAKISTAN CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER SHERRY REHMAN"We have struggled for 30 year on this path and today in Sharm el-Sheikh this journey has achieved its first positive milestone ... MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER AMINATH SHAUNA"I recognise the progress we made in COP 27 particularly on...the funding arrangements for loss and damage. And we were able to prevent a backslide behind the consensus of Glasgow and Paris (climate summits).

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt CNN —Delegates from nearly 200 counties at the COP27 climate summit have agreed to set up a “loss and damage” fund meant to help vulnerable countries cope with climate disasters, in a landmark deal early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. And in previous public remarks, US Climate Envoy John Kerry had said loss and damage was not the same thing as climate reparations. “This loss and damage fund will be a lifeline for poor families whose houses are destroyed, farmers whose fields are ruined, and islanders forced from their ancestral homes,” World Resources Institute CEO Ani Dasgupta said. Beyond 1.5 degrees, the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages will increase dramatically, scientists said in the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. On Saturday, EU officials threatened to walk out of the meeting if the final agreement failed to endorse the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

☆ China and U.S. to resume climate talks halted after Pelosi trip
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Both committed Monday to directing their governments’ senior officials to “maintain communication and deepen constructive efforts” on matters including climate change and security of the world food supply, the White House said. “The United States stands ready to do just that — work with you — if that’s what you desire,” Biden told Xi. Kerry and Xie had informal contacts during the two nations’ break on climate cooperation, focused on what would help get the joint dialogue started again. Xi and Biden also agreed to resume the same kind of top-level contacts on other matters critical to global stability, including debt relief, the White House said.

☆ Netflix's streaming hit 'The Crown' reaches Charles-Diana divorce
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The fifth season of Netflix’s superb, ambitious “The Crown” covers the years from 1988 to early 1997, arguably the nadir of England’s modern monarchy. “The Crown” sets up series creator Peter Morgan to be a 21st- century Shakespeare for the Second Elizabethan era. “The Crown” sets up series creator Peter Morgan to be a 21st-century Shakespeare for the Second Elizabethan era. His retellings of royal life are no more accurate than “Richard II” or “Henry V,” making royal whining all these years later all the sillier. “The Crown” even finds ways to make Charles a sympathetic figure in the divorce, no small feat.

☆ Best new family movies on Netflix? 'Enola Holmes 2' is excellent
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The sequel to Netflix’s hit feature film “Enola Holmes” may not have the cleverest title, but “Enola Holmes 2” is just as quick-witted and charming as the original. A quirky take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mysteries, Enola is more than ready for another adorable, all-ages romp. Springer’s books, and the films, invent a female character that Doyle never conceived of, and put her front and center. “Sherlock Holmes” is one of the most adapted mysteries series in history. Hopefully the success of the “Enola Holmes” franchise encourages them to make more.

☆ 'Black Adam' credit scene proves Hollywood has learned nothing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Ani Bundel | Ani Bundel Is A Cultural Critic Who Has Been Writing Regularly Since Her Work Can Also Be Found At Elite Daily | Weta'S Telly Visions | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

DC Films’ latest release into the endless superhero pantheon, “Black Adam,” has a lot riding on Dwayne Johnson’s muscled shoulders. Black Adam, one of the regularly scheduled villains in the comic book, was supposed to be his main antagonist. And while “Black Panther” did a great job of making its bad guy both a certifiable badass and a nuanced character, “Black Adam” fails miserably. “Black Adam” has an interesting inkling of an idea: an oppressed culture that needs to overthrow the invading white men. But the midcredit sequence in “Black Adam” unfortunately suggests studio leaders are committed to making the same mistakes all over again.

☆ India halts cough syrup production at factory linked to Gambia deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Indian authorities have halted production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, a state minister said on Wednesday, after a WHO report that the medicine may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia. The WHO said last week that laboratory analysis of four Maiden products - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup - had "unacceptable" amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury. He told Reuters last week that the company was trying to find out from its buyer what had happened in Gambia. Maiden says on its web site it has an annual production capacity of 2.2 million syrup bottles, 600 million capsules, 18 million injections, 300,000 ointment tubes and 1.2 billion tablets at three factories. The cough syrups had been approved for export only to Gambia, India says, although the WHO says they may have gone elsewhere through informal markets.

☆ Analysis: 'Bling Empire' is still shining in its third season
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Analysis Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Three things to watch‘Bling Empire’ Season 3(From left) Feuding "Bling Empire" cast members Christine Chiu and Anna Shay are pictured in happier times, during an episode from the reality show's second season. So, color me thrilled that the new season of “Bling Empire” picks up right where last season’s high-stakes drama ended. “The Problem With Jon Stewart” Season 2Jon Stewart is pictured during an episode of "The Problem With Jon Stewart" on Apple TV+. Something to sip onStanley Tucci in pictured in a scene from the second season of "Searching for Italy." “That they appreciate the effort that people go through to grow good food, to raise good food,” he said.

☆ 'Luckiest Girl Alive' review: Mila Kunis in a messy adaptation of Jessica Knoll's #MeToo novel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Luckiest Girl Alive” has a lot going on, in a way that undermines the movie’s translation from book to screen. Mila Kunis produces and stars in this #MeToo-tinged story, which awkwardly incorporates a mass school shooting as well as gender and class politics into what becomes an ungainly mix of hot-button issues in one dramatic package. As the handsomely clueless Luke puts it, why address “this thing that happened to you so long ago.”Mila Kunis in the Netflix movie 'Luckiest Girl Alive.' But “Luckiest Girl Alive” falls short of its promise, a reminder that, however ironic the title is intended to be, fortune tends to favor the bold. “Luckiest Girl Alive” premieres October 7 on Netflix.

☆ Moldovenii aduc în ţară tot mai multe maşini. În prima jumătate a acestui an au fost vămuite de două ori mai multe automobile decât anul trecut
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Datele statistice arată că în prima jumătate a acestui an au fost vămuite peste 20 de mii autoturisme, de aproape două ori mai mult faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. Avem o încasare de 10 milioane de lei, e o cifră nesemnificativă per total din cifra de 590 de milioane încasate pe toate autoturismele. Totodată, doar puţin peste 1600 dintre ele sunt mai vechi de 10 ani. "Când vorbeşti cu oamenii, îi întrebi, vreai să cumperi maşină mai veche de 10 ani? Şi expertul economic Veaceslav Ioniţă consideră că actuala formulă de calcul pentru determinarea costului de vămuire a maşinilor mai vechi este inechitabilă.

Persons: Importatorii, Veaceslav Ioniţă Locations: Germania, Elveţia, Italia, Franţa, România

☆ Inundații la metroul din New York; Puhoaie au năvălit în stațiile de metrou, iar mașinile au rămas blocate
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFPInundații la metroul din New York; Puhoaie au năvălit în stațiile de metrou, iar mașinile au rămas blocateHaos în transportul din New York, din cauza inundațiilor provocate de furtuna Elsa. Circulația metrourilor a fost serios afectată, după ce puhoaiele au năvălit în stații. Călătorii au publicat imagini pe Twitter cu staţii de metrou inundate, cea mai afectată fiind staţia de pe strada 157, la nord de Manhattan. „Liniile 1 şi A au fost cu adevărat afectate, cu numeroase staţii inundate”, a declarat joi seara Sarah Feinberg, directoarea MTA, autoritatea de transport public din New York, în timpul unei conferinţe de presă. Poliţia din New York a publicat pe Twitter imagini cu operaţiuni de salvare a unor şoferi blocaţi de ape.

Persons: Elsa, Sarah Feinberg, Sandy Organizations: MTA, Veche Locations: New York, Puhoaie, Manhattan, Bronx

☆ Florești: Mai mulți locuitori sunt împotriva construcției unei biserici lângă casele lor
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdFlorești: Mai mulți locuitori sunt împotriva construcției unei biserici lângă casele lorConstrucția unei biserici în orașul Florești a devenit motiv de scandal între vecini, preoți și autoritățile locale. Biserica urmează să fie construită într-un cartier de la marginea orașului Florești, pe un teren de aproximativ opt ari. "Ei nu au dreptul să se bage sub coastele noastre, sub ferestrele noastre cu clopotele...Noi ne-am interesat de regulamentul de construcție a bisericilor. Primarul orașului Florești, Iurie Gangan, spune că, pentru construcția bisericii, au fost eliberate toate actele necesare, așa că nu înțelege nemulțumirea oamenilor. Eu nu am putut să refuz semnarea autorizației de construcție", susține primarul orașului Florești, Iuria Gangan.

Persons: Larisa Tanasov, Natalia, ., mata, Dumnezeu, Dumitru Rusu, Iurie Gangan Locations: Florești, mata, Iuria

☆ O adolescentă din Israel a câștigat în instanță dreptul de a se vaccina anti-COVID-19, împotriva dorinţei mamei
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: AFPO adolescentă din Israel a câștigat în instanță dreptul de a se vaccina anti-COVID-19, împotriva dorinţei mameiO adolescentă de 16 ani din Israel a câștigat în istanță dreptul de a fi vaccinată anti-COVID-19 împotriva dorinţei mamei ei. Adolescenta a depus o plângere în justiţie împotriva mamei ei în martie, pentru că voia să fie vaccinată ca tatăl ei şi ca alte rude. Pe lângă faptul că va trebui să-i permită fiicei sale să se vaccineze, mama trebuie să plătească acum şi cheltuielile de judecată, care reprezintă echivalentul a circa 1.540 de dolari. Numărul infecţiilor de coronavirus din Israel a crescut recent în mod semnificativ. Ministerul Sănătăţii a anunţat joi că în ultimele 24 de ore au fost raportate 518 de cazuri noi.

Persons: . Adolescenta, Instanţa, Naftali Bennett Locations: Israel, justiţie, Haifa

☆ SUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, prin platforma COVAX
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: cnbc.comSUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, prin platforma COVAXUn lot de 500.000 de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, produs în SUA, va fi livrat Republicii Moldova prin intermediul platformei COVAX. Primele doze de 150.000 vor ajunge în Moldova pe data 12 iulie. De precizat că țara noastră urmează să recepționeze un lot total de 500.000 de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson prin platforma COVAX. Vaccinul Johnson &Johnson e produs de compania americană farmaceutică Johnson &Johnson pentru a preveni infectarea cu virusul COVID-19. Potrivit producătorului, valorifică platforma de vaccinuri AdVac, o tehnologie unică care a fost utilizată și pentru dezvoltarea vaccinului împotriva maladiei Ebola, aprobat de Comisia Europeană.

Persons: Johnson Organizations: Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, Sociale, americană, Johnson, Comisia Europeană, OMS, UNICEF Locations: SUA, Moldova, Republicii Moldova

☆ Papa Francisc va rosti rugăciunea de duminică din camera sa de spital
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Suveranul pontif a oficiat, totodată, slujba de vineri în capela rezervei sale private, în prezenţa persoanelor care îl ajută pe durata spitalizării. Papa Francisc se află în aceeaşi rezervă de la etajul al zecelea al Spitalului Gemelli pe care a folosit-o şi papa Ioan Paul al II-lea, operat de mai multe ori în acest spital, inclusiv după o tentativă de asasinat în 1981 şi din cauza unei tumori la colon în 1992. Suveranul pontif, în vârstă de 84 de ani, care nu mai are febră, s-a plimbat pe holurile Spitalului Gemelli din Roma şi şi-a reluat activitatea, în alternanţă cu momente de lectură, se arată în comunicatul publicat de Vatican.Papa a fost operat duminica trecută.Rezerva, supranumită Vatican III din cauza numeroaselor internări ale lui Ioan Paul al II-lea, ale cărui reşedinţe oficiale erau Vatican şi Castelul Gandolfo, dispune şi de un mic salon echipat cu un altar.Ioan Paul al II-lea a rostit în acest loc rugăciunea "Angelus" pe 26 iulie 1992 şi a venit să salute credincioşii de la fereastra rezervei sale. Sfântul Scaun nu a precizat dacă Papa Francisc va saluta şi el mulţimea duminică de la fereastra rezervei.După intervenţia chirurgicală de duminica trecută, programată pentru a trata o stenoză diverticulară a colonului, papa Francisc ar trebui să rămână internat timp de "aproximativ o săptămână, dacă nu apar complicaţii", a precizat luni biroul de presă de la Vatican.

Persons: Papa Francisc, Ioan Paul al II - lea, Vatican.Papa, Paul al II - lea, Sfântul, papa Francisc Organizations: Sfântul Scaun Locations: Roma, Vatican, Castelul Gandolfo

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