Canada’s Vizsla Silver Confirms Nine Dead Workers After Abduction at Mexican Mine

April 6 (Reuters) – Canadian ⁠miner ⁠Vizsla Silver ⁠on Monday confirmed the death ​of nine of its 10 ‌workers who had ‌been abducted in Concordia, ⁠in ⁠the Mexican state of Sinaloa, in late ​January. In February, the Mexican attorney general’s office said it had ​found 10 bodies in the municipality, ⁠identifying ⁠five at the ⁠time. Two …

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Kennedy Rewrites Rules for Membership on US Vaccine Advisory Panel

By Julie Steenhuysen and Nate Raymond CHICAGO, April 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Health ⁠Secretary ⁠Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rewriting the ⁠rules of membership for a key vaccine advisory panel, according to a document published ​by his department on Monday, after a judge last month declared most of his prior selections unqualified and put their …

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: The Washington Post on the U.S. cutting aid to Africa The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, many African nations displayed remarkable …

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Final Death Toll 12 in Russian Petrochemical Plant Accident

April 7 (Reuters) – Rescue ⁠workers ⁠completed search operations ⁠five days after a large ​fire at a Russian petrochemical plant ‌and the final ‌death toll stood at ⁠12, ⁠the company owning the plant said early on ​Tuesday. Sibur, which owns the sprawling Nizhnekamskneftekhim plant in central Russia’s Tatarstan ​region, offered condolences and posted the ⁠names …

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