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'It wasn't working': Canada province ends drug decriminalization
AFP, Published on 01/02/2026
» VANCOUVER - Over 35 years as a drug user, Vancouver resident Garth Mullins said he's had "hundreds and hundreds" of interactions with police, and long believed drug decriminalization was smart policy.
Hong Kong's new smoking rules just kicked in. Is everyone sticking to them?
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/01/2026
» Some smokers are still lighting up at bus stops in Hong Kong despite new rules banning them from doing so while queuing, the South China Morning Post has observed, with authorities saying they have stepped up inspections at tourist spots and ramped up promotion efforts.
Australia ban offers test on social media harm
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» TOKYO - Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.
Residents of Ukrainian city fear second occupation
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» BORIVSKE, Ukraine - Devastated by years of Russian attacks, the nine-storey buildings that dot the skyline of Kupiansk in northeast Ukraine now “stand like black candles”, local resident Vitaly Bardas recalled.
'A kind of freedom': Amsterdam celebrates 750 years
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» AMSTERDAM — World-famous city of canals, bikes and tolerance, Amsterdam celebrated 750 years since its founding Monday, but the Dutch capital is now grappling with the very modern problems of overtourism and a housing shortage.
‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific seeks police help in removing 'intoxicated' passenger
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/09/2025
» Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways called for police to help remove a passenger who was reportedly intoxicated and behaving in an unruly manner, resulting in a flight delay of nearly two hours.
Dozens hurt in fuel station blast heard across Rome
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» ROME - A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb on Friday injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.
France imposes smoking ban on beaches, parks
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» PARIS - France on Sunday banned smoking in parks and on beaches, part of efforts to protect the public from passive smoke and create the country's first non-smoking generation.
Hong Kong girl, 15, arrested over 'space oil' after dad alerts police
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/06/2025
» Hong Kong police have arrested a 15-year-old after her father reported she was smoking an e-cigarette containing "space oil" at home with her classmate, who is wanted by the force, the Post has learned.