i us judge has ordered drug maker johnson and johnson to pay over half a $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars to the state of oklahoma. the judge said the company's marketing for the pain killers understated the risk of addiction it's the 1st of several. makers and distributors to go to trial. u.s. president donald trump says he would be open to meeting iranian president hassan rouhani within weeks he made the comments at the end of a g. 7 summit where french president emanuel has led efforts to defuse tensions between

the u.s. and iran and salvage a landmark 2015 yukiya deal. and world leaders at that g. 7 summit also agreed a $22000000.00 u.s. dollar fund to help battle fires raging in the amazon rain forest brazilian president jaya both are not who has baggage to international pressure and sent in the military to fight the fires but he was bonded angrily to the g 7 plan saying it's treated brazil like a colony. a chinese australian writer has been formally arrested in china on suspicion of espionage a charge which is punishable by death yang journ a former diplomat journalist has already been in custody for 8 months the australian government says it has serious concerns for his welfare.

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