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The injectable medication called Simponi is essentially a follow-up to the multibillion-dollar drug Remicade, which is marketed in the U.S. by J&J and in Europe and other countries by

A top U.N. environment official said Friday that fundamental differences remain among countries negotiating a new agreement on carbon emissions.

Gordon Brown has defied calls to make a £1bn payment for Eurofighter Typhoon jets as European leaders rounded on the UK prime minister for holding up the defence project

Most of Europe's species and habitats are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise, environment chiefs are to warn at a major biodiversity conference in Athens this weekThe natural world across Europe is suffering a crisis as serious as the threat of climate change, Europe's environment chiefs are to warn this week.A report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) to be published next month sounds the alarm that most species and habitats across the continent are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise.New figures for the UK also show that even the most important and rare plants and animals are suffering: eight out of 10 habitats and half of species given the highest level of European protection are in an 'unfavourable' condition.Species at risk in the UK range from insects like the honeybee and swallowtail butterfly, to mammals and birds at the top of the food chain such as the otter and the golden eagle, said the Centre for Ecology & Hyd

Sofia - Natural gas importing countries in Europe, meeting on Friday in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, called for greater energy security in reaction to the Russian gas crisis four months ago. Energy security does not stop at national borders, nor do...

A German court on Friday convicted the head of the country's leading far-right party and two other senior members of inciting racial hatred and defamation over a pamphlet circulated during the 2006 World Cup.

Frankfurt - The sudden onset of spring in north-western Europe has sent the plant world into overdrive, triggering a wave of hay-fever from the cloud of pollen over the continent. It's very, very unusual, said Gerhard Lux of the state-funded DWD Ge...

Herbert Smith is set to launch in Madrid next month with a three-partner hire from Linklaters' Spanish office. Corporate partner Alvaro Sainz, energy and infrastructure partner Miguel Riano and administration law partner Ignacio Paz will join directly from Linklaters over the next few weeks. The Madrid launch comes after leading Spanish firm Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira abandoned discussions to join Herbert Smith's European alliance.

Rock & rollers from the 1960s would have rather died than grow old. But that didn't always happen. A controversial extension of copyrights by the European Parliament will enable rock veterans to p...

GENEVA, Apr 24 (IPS) - Trade affects women and men differently. Women's livelihoods, in particular, can be undermined by trade liberalisation. Despite this fact, gender analysis is usually absent from trade negotiations and agreements.