Mon 29 January 2024: As part of a national initiative to reduce youth vaping, ministers plan to outlaw disposable vaping devices. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health, the Prime Minister has announced today [Monday 29 January] […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Nokia, the Finnish telecoms company, reported sales for 2023 of 22.3 billion euros (24.2 billion U.S. dollars), an 8 percent year-over-year fall. According to the company, net revenues in the fourth quarter (Q4) decreased by 21% year over year to 5.7 billion euros. Although profitability exceeded analysts’ expectations, Nokia’s stock rose […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: How worried should European citizens be in countries that have come to expect unprecedented levels of security and safety? If the many warnings currently circulating are to be believed, then the answer looks grim. Leaked documents from Germany’s defence ministry suggest that Berlin is expecting Russia to extend the war that […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Ukrainian authorities unearthed embezzlement of 1.5 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (approximately $39.6 million) in the arms purchase and identified some serving and retired high-ranking officials, including those from the Defense Ministry, as being involved in the fraudulent ammunition procurement deal, according to the country’s security service. One of the suspects was apprehended […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”, an AFP journalist said. It is the latest attack on the masterpiece in the French capital’s Louvre museum, after someone threw a custard pie at it […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: More than 9,000 people are believed to have suffered sexual abuse in Germany’s Protestant churches and charities, a new study revealed on Thursday. The 871-page report of independent researchers found that incidents of sexualized violence and other forms of abuse were significantly higher than previously thought. According to the researchers, 9,355 […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Russia is working on a new system of economic relations with other countries as the US dollar-based mechanism proves to be “unreliable, false, and dangerous,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said there is no need to bother about the dollar system […]
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Sat 27 January 2024: Moscow categorically rejects accusations by Washington and its allies about Russia’s illegal military-technical cooperation with North Korea, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday. Zakharova said in a news conference in Moscow that the US made up the story about Russian-North Korean military cooperation to get South Korea on its side […]
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Sat 27 January 2024: Pope Francis has defended his authorization for homosexual partnerships to be blessed but made clear the move is not meant as a recognition of gay marriage. His decision has caused a heated debate within the Catholic Church, with many traditionalists viewing homosexuality as a sin. “When a couple comes spontaneously to […]
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Sat 27 January 2024: Europe saw 30,000 measles cases last year, 30 times higher than for 2022, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday calling for an “urgent” vaccination campaign. “We have seen in the region not only a 30-fold increase in measles cases, but also nearly 21,000 hospitalisations and five measles-related deaths. This is concerning,” said the […]
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