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Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban scrapped
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» WELLINGTON - Doctors blasted New Zealand’s conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public health vandalism".
Incoming New Zealand govt to abandon anti-smoking laws
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".
EU battles in court to overturn Apple tax bill ruling
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LUXEMBOURG - Apple and Brussels butted heads in a top EU court on Tuesday as the bloc battled to overturn a ruling against its whopping 13-billion euro order on the iPhone-maker to pay Ireland in back taxes.
Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report
AFP, Published on 04/09/2020
» LONDON - Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world's insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday, in a "bet" on society's failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments.
Indian court rules ‘godman’ guilty of raping 16-year-old
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2018
» NEW DELHI: A court in India's western state of Rajasthan on Wednesday convicted a self-styled religious preacher of raping a teenage girl, police said, the latest in a series of sexual abuse accusations against such figures.