The Champs-Elysees boulevard will be pedestrian-only on the first Sunday of every month. The new program is expected to help cut air pollution in Paris, among other similar programs initiated by the city mayor.
The European Commission is set to extend the authorization or relicense of a weedkiller containing cancer-causing ingredient Glyphosate. The news comes a week before its expected approval.
The Congress has quitely lifted the funding ban on needle exchange programs in late December. The programs allow people to obtain clean needles for little to no cost.
Personal injury law firms around the United States are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could be "mass tort" actions against agrichemical giant Monsanto Co that claim the company's Roundup herbicide has caused cancer in farm workers and others exposed to the chemical.
