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US to drastically reduce nicotine content in cigarettes: reports
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
Latest sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» BAGHDAD - Another sandstorm that descended Monday on Iraq sent at least 2,000 people to hospital with breathing problems and led to the closure of airports, schools and public offices across the country.
Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» BEIJING - China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities struggled to rein in infections despite a gruelling, weeks-long lockdown.
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rises
AFP, Published on 19/04/2022
» SHANGHAI: China reported seven new deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis during a weeks-long lockdown.
UN slams 'aggressive' formula milk marketing
AFP, Published on 23/02/2022
» GENEVA: The United Nations slammed baby formula makers Wednesday for "unethical" marketing strategies, accusing them of aggressively targeting expecting parents and health workers and putting shareholder interests before children's health.
'Heating or eating': Britons struggle with rising costs
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» COLCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of food -- enough to feed 17,000 people.
Colombian dies publicly under new euthanasia policy
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» CALI, Colombia: Victor Escobar decided to die and to do so publicly, becoming one of the first Latin Americans to end their life without suffering from a terminal disease, under a ground-breaking court ruling in Colombia.
Diet-related illness increases with availability of red meat: study
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» PARIS - As global trade in red and processed meats has increased, so have chronic diseases associated with meat consumption, a study looking at data from 154 countries found on Thursday.
The era of anti-Covid pills begins
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» PARIS - What if a simple pill could help heal from Covid-19?
New York poised to elect Black ex-cop Adams as mayor
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» NEW YORK - New Yorkers headed to the polls Tuesday in a mayoral election that is virtually guaranteed to elect Black former policeman Eric Adams as the next leader of America's biggest city.