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Ohio sues drug makers it accuses of fueling opioid crisis

The U.S. state of Ohio filed a lawsuit Wednesday against five prescription drug manufacturers, saying they used deceptive practices that fueled an opioid addiction epidemic.

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Vietnam moves away from Trans-Pacific Partnership

​The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has caused Vietnam to look for new trade deals.

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UN: Human rights values, freedoms under attack globally

​Human rights values and freedoms are under attack throughout the world, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein. In an opening speech to the 32nd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, he outlined a number of pressing human rights concerns he said could have been prevented.

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UN acknowledges human rights violation against LGBT community

​For the first time the U.N. Security Council has used language acknowledging violence targeting the LGBT community in an official statement.