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UK bans a generation of children from smoking: How it works
The legal age to buy tobacco products will rise by one year, every year, from 2027.
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France : nouvelles mesures pour amortir la flambée des prix des carburants
Faire "que notre croissance tienne bon": face à la flambée persistante des prix des carburants, le gouvernement a annoncé une aide à trois millions de "travailleurs modestes grands rouleurs", et le renforcement…
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Druzhba pipeline will resume transport of Russian crude to Hungary
The Druzhba pipeline supplying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia will resume operations "within a few hours", a senior Ukrainian official told AFP on Wednesday, suggesting...
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REPLAY - Emmanuel Macron receives Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam
“France will stand alongside Lebanon in the next steps.” Emmanuel Macron assured that France was “ready to maintain its commitment on the Lebanese ground” after the departure of UNIFIL,…
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Kamal Daoud announces that he was sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria because of his novel “Nymphs”
The Algerian court in Oran sentenced the writer Kamal Daoud to three effective years in prison and a fine, in absentia, on the grounds of his novel “Nymphs,” which won the French Goncourt Prize for the year 2024. This came in a letter published by the writer…
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United States: FBI Director Kash Patel in turmoil
FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a defamation suit against The Atlantic magazine and one of its journalists, Sarah Fitzpatrick, after the publication on Friday of an article accusing him…
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EU gives preliminary approval to unblock €90 billion Ukraine loan
EU member states on Wednesday gave a preliminary approval to unlock a €90 billion loan for Ukraine. The decision comes after delays linked to an oil dispute with Hungary over the Druzhba pipeline.
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Iranian economy: Layoffs, inflation add to sanctions pain amid war
The ongoing conflict between the US and Israel has created a profound economic crisis in Iran. As the government deals with the crippling internet blackouts and soaring inflation, a sense of uncertainty…
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In south Lebanon village, Hezbollah buries fighters killed in war with Israel
Hezbollah held a mass funeral in south Lebanon's Kfar Sir on Tuesday for more than a dozen fighters killed during more than six weeks of war with Israel. The ceremony came after Israel and Lebanon entered…
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Ukraine to restart oil flows via Druzhba pipeline, potentially unblocking EU's loan
Ukraine will resume pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday, an industry source said, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said repairs were complete and urged the EU to unblock a 90-billion-euro…
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Devastated Gaza will need over $70 billion to rebuild, international report warns
Gaza will need over seventy billion dollars in the next decade to rebuild from more than two years of devastating conflict. That's from a report this week from the UN, the EU and the World Bank, which…
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Peru's electoral commission chief resigns over chaotic vote
The head of Peru's electoral body resigned from his post Tuesday, hours before he was scheduled to be questioned by prosecutors over the chaotic presidential vote earlier this month. Peruvians went to…
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