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The new faces dominating the top positions on Northern Ireland's councils for the coming year

The new appointments come just weeks after May's council elections

Belfast Live · Jun 10, 2023

Agency that captured El Chapo playing huge role in hunt for Kinahans

The Agency has officers on the ground in Dubai based at their consular office and they have been watching the cartel around the clock

Irish Mirror · Jun 8, 2023

Alliance's Naomi Long says 'anomaly' in Derry and Strabane election count prompted legal challenge

The party has lodged an election petition with the High Court in Belfast which could result in a recount

Belfast Live · Jun 6, 2023

US drug firm loses license after ignoring suspiciously large painkiller orders during opioid crisis

Morris & Dickson Co.'s license has been revoked by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) following a 68-page order by DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on the opioid crisis

Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023

DEA moves to revoke major drug distributor's license over opioid crisis failures

The agency says it will strip Morris & Dickson of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after finding it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis.

WEKU · May 26, 2023

After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of wholesale drug distributor over opioid crisis failures

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders at the height of the opioid crisis

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

First Brit to die of flesh-eating 'zombie drug' named as dad-of-two

Karl Warburton, 43, died last May from xylazine, which is used by vets as a tranquilliser for large animals such as horses and cows - the drug has never been approved for human use as it can cause flesh-rotting sores on takers’ skin

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2023

Brit man, 43, dies after taking notorious US 'zombie drug' in grim new UK first

A British man has become the first confirmed to have died after taking powerful drug Xylazine, dubbed the zombie drug, in the UK after dozens across the United States

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2023

Takeaways of AP report on DEA probe of drug distributor accused of fueling opioid epidemic

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Pills flowed for years as DEA dragged feet on disciplining opioid distributor

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023