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Women plan UK legal action against pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer claims

November 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one […]

Bayer: US Supreme Court rejects chemical maker’s weedkiller appeal

June 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

America’s highest court has delivered a setback to German chemical maker Bayer AG, which is battling thousands of US lawsuits over its weedkiller Roundup. Bayer is defending against claims that it did not adequately warn […]

Monsanto ordered to pay $289m damages in Roundup cancer trial

August 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

Chemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289m (£226m) damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate had caused his cancer. In a landmark case, a Californian jury found that Monsanto knew its […]

Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7bn damages in talc cancer case

July 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.7bn (£3.6bn) in damages to 22 women who alleged that its talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. A jury in the US state of Missouri […]

Woman Awarded Over $70m After Alleging Baby Powder Caused Her Cancer.

October 28, 2016 World Justice News 0

A woman has been awarded more than $70m (£58m) after alleging that using Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer. Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, California, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. She accused talc makers […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]