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The foreign POWs stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — "Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
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.
Man sets world record living for 120 days underwater
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» PUERTO LINDO — A German aerospace engineer celebrated setting a world record Friday for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation -- 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.
Italy rolling back cannabis liberalisation
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2024
» ROME — Italy's flourishing "cannabis light" industry risks being uprooted this year when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pushes a bill through parliament to deflower a crop that is legal across much of Europe.
Dutch dope trial: what's the deal?
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - On December 15, cannabis will for the first time be grown, sold, and consumed legally in the Netherlands as part of a four-year trial across the country.
Tears, stars and 'soft power' at Kyiv mental health summit
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The star contingent was high as Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska held a "summit of first ladies and gentlemen" Wednesday, focusing on the stigmatised issue of mental health in the war-torn country.
Military airlifts provide escape as wildfires sweep Canada's far north
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» MONTREAL - Jordan Evoy's escape from wildfires raging in Canada's far north was the "scariest moment" of his life as flareups closed roads, forcing him to backtrack to catch a military flight out in the Northwest Territories' largest ever evacuation.
'Should have left earlier': last civilians flee Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» CHASIV YAR (UKRAINE) - A group of civilians from Bakhmut emerged from an armed personnel carrier in east Ukraine's frontline town of Chasiv Yar on Monday with a few belongings, a dog and a cat.
US seeks to drastically cut nicotine content in cigarettes
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
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.