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Critics say that Turing, the pharmaceutical led by Mr. Shkreli, is exploiting a program that awards vouchers that can be sold at huge profits while pricing drugs out of patients’ reach.
The arrival of Heyward, a well-rounded outfielder who has helped Atlanta and St. Louis reach the playoffs, could signal a shift in power in the National League, and possibly in the majors.
Officials said negotiators in Paris had agreed on new language for a pact that will be presented Saturday to diplomats from 195 nations.
The step by Third Avenue Management to put the Focused Credit Fund into a liquidating trust and sell its assets over the course of a year or so was a rude surprise to its investors.
The deal, which required unanimous approval by delegates from around the world, will for the first time commit nearly every country to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 9, 2015, covering December 12, 2015.
Adele
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Jadakiss
The Weeknd
2015Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (born 1942)[†]
Frans Geurtsen was a Dutch footballer, who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
2015Evelyn S. Lieberman, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1944)[†]
Evelyn May Lieberman was an American public affairs professional who, during the Clinton administration, became the first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and was the first United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
2015The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.[†]
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was negotiated by 196 parties at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference near Paris, France. As of February 2023, 195 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are parties to the agreement. Of the three UNFCCC member states which have not ratified the agreement, the only major emitter is Iran. The United States, the second largest emitter, withdrew from the agreement in 2020, rejoined in 2021, and announced its withdrawal again in 2025.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]