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Merck Shows Takeover Interest In Seagen: WSJ

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) is reportedly mulling buying cancer-focused biotech Seagen Inc (NASDAQ:SGEN), Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. If the deal happens, it would be significant, given Seagen's market value of roughly $28 billion. According to the report, some people said other unnamed suitors are also eying Seagen, a…

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Victims avoiding special Qld DV court

Queensland domestic violence victims didn't appear at 61 per cent of the application hearings at the state's special DV court, a report says.

AAP

‘This is another pandemic’: a female survivor of domestic abuse in China speaks out

Chinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists say only real social change will stop the abuse

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YES: 8 Million Workers Could Be Entitled To 10 Days Paid Domestic Violence Leave By December

8 million Australians will be entitled to 10 days of paid domestic violence leave by the end of the year under promised new legislation.

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NSW women's health centres push for sexual assault, domestic violence funding in state budget

Service providers say they desperately need more funding in the upcoming NSW budget, with soaring costs, inflation, and client numbers leaving women waiting months for counselling.

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Paid domestic violence leave moves ahead

The Fair Work Commission is working to determine the government's timeframe to legislate 10 days paid domestic violence leave after releasing a draft model.

AAP

Depp v Heard — the case is over but the battle has just begun

Millions tuned in to the explosive Hollywood trial. But, from Amber Heard’s fightback to Johnny Depp’s victory lap, the real drama is just beginning

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Bipartisan Senate gun deal hitting ‘bumps in the road,’ key negotiator Cornyn says

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate agreement has the potential to break through nearly 30 years of bitter congressional gridlock over how to stem the nation’s gun violence, but the proposal has become entangled in familiar disputes over due process and the definition of domestic violence offenders.

Tribune News Service

John Schulte Townsville police siege death inquest sparks call for change

A Townsville woman wants an inquest into her estranged husband's death, which happened during a Christmas Day siege, to spark reform in the way police respond to domestic violence reports.

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GOP misogyny already sabotages gun deal

The Senate gun bill could ban abusers from buying guns, but Republicans are unwilling to penalize girlfriend-beaters

Salon

Sacramento police chief unveils strategy to turn back increasing gun violence trend

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester on Tuesday unveiled her strategy to combat the rising trend of gun violence. It’s a plan designed to rely on data analysis to focus enforcement operations and to use partnerships with community groups to lead intervention efforts and work on the root…

Tribune News Service

Woman, 34, was ‘cuckooed’ by drug dealers who grew cannabis farm in her home

Sarah Parr, 34, fled her home following issues of domestic violence from her ex-partner, and was ‘pressured’ into allowing the drugs to be grown in her flat.

Daily Record

Missouri law undercuts domestic violence ‘boyfriend’ fix in US Senate deal on guns

The bipartisan gun deal in the U.S. Senate announced on Sunday — and supported by Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt — would close the “boyfriend loophole” in federal law that allows some individuals convicted of domestic violence to have guns if their victim is a dating partner instead of a…

Tribune News Service

Alice Springs woman flown to Adelaide with spinal injuries after domestic violence incident

Police say a group of witnesses saw a man dragging and assaulting the now badly injured woman in Alice Springs last Wednesday night, and are calling for more witnesses to come forward.

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Africa's domestic violence woes

In April, the beloved Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu died at the hands of her husband. Accounts from relatives and friends indicate that, despite enduring severe abuse, she had stayed in her marriage because she hoped things would get better. And Nwachukwu's situation was hardly unique. Earlier this month, the…

Liverpool Echo

Face of man police want to trace over domestic violence incident

Kyle Sillah is known to have links to Walton and Toxteth

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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll on containing COVID, discontent in the ranks and tackling domestic violence

It is now three years since Katarina Carroll took on the job of Queensland' first female Police Commissioner, with the honeymoon period usually afforded to new leaders to settle in their new role evaporating with catastrophic natural disasters and a global pandemic.

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Pets in Crisis program gets funding boost to help Queensland families escape domestic violence

A crisis accommodation program for the pets of families escaping domestic violence is set to get an extra $200,000 in funding from the Queensland government.

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The Guardian - AU

The Melbourne psychiatrist fighting dowry abuse: ‘Women are not sitting and taking it’

Manjula Datta O’Connor has been advocating for victims for years, but only when she wrote a book did she understood the oppression in her own past

The Hindu

Role of NGOs lauded in addressing issues concerning domestic violence

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Queensland Police grappling with 'concerning increase' in domestic violence by officers but most victims aren't reporting, advocates say

New figures revealing a "concerning increase" in Queensland police officers accused of domestic violence likely underestimate the true scale of the problem, advocates say, because most victims aren't reporting.

Daily Record

Perth College student wins award after inventing ‘smart’ jumper to help tackle domestic violence

Aircraft engineering student Rebecca Wallace, who is also Highlands and Islands Students’ Association Perth vice president for education and engagement, was recognised in the UHI Business Competition

The Guardian - AU

‘Nobody knows about it’: Queensland police inquiry criticised for tight submission deadline

Domestic violence campaigners say new three-week timeline is better but still ‘not good enough’

Dublin Live

Brother of Jennifer Poole urges domestic violence victims to seek help during remembrance service

The service was held in The Sensory Garden in Edenmore to remember those who have died from domestic violence and pray for survivors still living with it

The Guardian - US

Domestic violence experts lament fallout from Depp-Heard trial

Advocates for survivors of domestic violence found little to celebrate in the course of the trial or its outcome

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