Washington, United States, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study

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A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research and influence government decision-making. Published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology in 2000, the paper ranks in the top 0.1 percent of citations among studies on glyphosate -- the key ingredient in Roundup, owned by agri-gian......

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Lima, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - 10 university students die in Peru restaurant fire

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Lima, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - 10 university students die in Peru restaurant fire

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Paris, France, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Volcanic eruptions may have brought Black Death to Europe

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London, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Sea-floor animals decrease nearly 40% in deep-sea mining zone: study

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Sao Paulo, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Fire forces 169 to evacuate plane at Brazil airport

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Tukka, Indonesia, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Survivors pick up pieces in flood-hit Indonesia as more rain predicted

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Colombo, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka issues fresh landslide warnings as death toll hits 607

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Colombo, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka floods and landslide death toll jumps to 607

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Paris, France, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Penguins queue in Paris zoo for their bird flu jabs

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Colombo, Dec 5, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka issues fresh landslide warnings as toll nears 500

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