Revealed: faulty medical implants harm patients around world
The Implant Files investigation reveals damage caused by poor regulation and lax testing rules• Why we’re examining the implants industry
Hilary Osborne, Hannah Devlin and Caelainn Barr
Patients around the world are suffering pain and many have died as a result of faulty medical devices that have been allowed on to the market by a system dogged by poor regulation, lax rules on testing and a lack of transparency, an investigation has found.
Pacemakers, artificial hips, contraceptives and breast implants are among the devices that have caused injuries and resulted in patients having to undergo follow-up operations or in some cases losing their lives.
In some cases, the implants had not been tested in patients before being allowed on to the market.Crimea: Three Ukraine navy boats captured by Russian forces following firefight
Incident prompts Petro Poroshenko to propose martial law as UN Security Council calls emergency meeting
Russia has seized three Ukrainian navy vessels following a shoot-out in the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula, prompting the UN Security Council to call an emergency meeting.
The Russian coastguard opened fire on two artillery boats and a tug belonging to Ukraine which it claimed had made an unauthorised passage through Russia’s waters.
Two of the craft, the Berdyansk and the Nikopol, were damaged and six crew members injured.
The confrontation took place near the hotly contested Kerch Strait, which separates the peninsula from the Russian mainland.
Opinion: Violence against women is a universal problem
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Many Germans like pointing out the mistreatment of women abroad. But in truth, Germany is far from perfect itself, argues Beate Hinrichs.
Judging by figures presented by Family Minister Franziska Giffey, domestic violence is in fact widespread in Germany, and not only found among immigrants. Almost 140,000 victims of domestic abuse were recorded by police last year — 82 percent of them were female. The statistics show that 147 individuals died after suffering domestic violence; on average, a woman is killed every two and a half days by a violent husband, partner or ex-partner.Migrant caravan welcomed by tear gas at US border
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The United States has closed its busiest border crossing with Mexico after Mexican police broke up a protest of Central American migrants massed in Tijuana.
Traffic in both directions was suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry between San Diego and Tijuana, the US Customs and Border Protection agency said on Twitter.
Mexican police, some wielding shields, scattered migrants and protesters, many of whom rushed towards the US border.
US Customs and Border Protection officers repelled them with a volley of canisters as US and Mexican helicopters hovered overhead.
Mumbai terror attacks: The deep legacy of India's 9/11, ten years on
Updated 0258 GMT (1058 HKT) November 26, 2018
November 26 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks. Over four terrifying days, 10 gunmen besieged India's financial capital. They assaulted two hotels, a restaurant, a hospital, a railway station, and a Jewish community center. The massacre killed 164 people.
So much about the Mumbai tragedy was traumatic -- from its excruciatingly long duration and cruel fixation on soft targets, to its ruthless efficiency and chillingly novel approach. Some Indians describe it as their 9/11.
One decade later, the Mumbai attacks continue to cast a long shadow over India -- and the world.
Kids’ toys are the latest battleground in the online privacy wars
A consumer report sheds light on security risks associated with kids’ toys, including a popular Amazon tablet.
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For many people, protecting your privacy on the internet is sort of like eating your vegetables, recycling, or watching Ken Burns documentaries: something you know you should do in theory, but don’t actually do that much in practice.
Yet when companies harvest kids’ personal data and share it with advertisers, the stakes are much higher. Kids don’t know the full extent of the risks of sharing their data with strangers — and without that knowledge, they can’t provide informed consent to do so. According to a new report from the US Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG), many tech companies making kids’ toys are taking advantage of that.
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