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Month: May 2022

Shell escaped liability for oil spills in Nigeria for years. Then four farmers took them to court — and won

By Nimi Princewill and Krystina Shveda, CNN When Nigerian environmental lawyer Chima Williams launched a lawsuit against oil giant Shell plc, he did not envisage a 13-year battle that would lead to a landmark ruling and land him a prestigious environmental award. Williams, who is the executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the

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Trudeau says ‘all of Canada grieves’ with America following school shooting in Texas

By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his “heart breaks” for those impacted by the “horrific” shooting at an elementary school in Texas that killed 21 people on Tuesday. “The students, the parents, the teachers, the entire community have had their lives changed

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We’re finally learning more about long Covid

CNN, NITZA ROCHEZ, GETTY IMAGES, MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Vaccines, variants, natural immunity and better treatment options mean catching Covid-19 now isn’t the same as it was a year or two ago. But for millions of people who contracted the virus even in the pandemic’s first months, the

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Johnny Depp testifies for a second time: ‘No matter what happens, I did get here and I did tell the truth’

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Johnny Depp once again took the stand in a Fairfax, Virginia, courthouse to refute testimony previously given by witnesses including Amber Heard, testifying that his ex-wife hit him on multiple occasions and that her accusations of violence against him are “heinous.” Heard previously testified that Depp hit her, and any time

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