You. Protest as a defying around the clock curfew in Lagos Nigeria after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. Protestors out wherever sudans struggling economy hit with tear gas by police. Coronavirus cutbacks at Cathay Pacific hong kongs flag carrier announced a 6000. 00 redundancies and the end of its regional subsidiary. Will start this hour with a crisis thats overcome many communities in the United States not coronavirus this is in fact the fight against opioid addiction in the past hour the u. S. Justice Department Says the drug manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company pled guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 more details now with she had britannicas following the story in washington she had. Were just taking you know all of the details but as you say pleading guilty to 3 charges effectively that they the father misled the Drug Enforcement adm
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Were shot tuesday. I got a lot of protesters are angry over sudans struggling economy with tear gas. And calling on the youth why there is a special need for Young Workers at polling stations for this years president ial election. We will start with the crisis thats overcome so many communities in the u. S. Not coronavirus actually and this is the fight against opioid addiction in the past a few hours the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic and deal with the u. S. Government the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 share pretends he is following this one in washington d. C. What more details have you got she has. Right so those 3 those 3 charges are essentially about misleading the government about its activities and the manner in which. Was marketing opioids it would it falsely would tell the government that it had safeguards to ensure that