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France to ban disposable e-cigarettes, PM says (www.reuters.com)

So-called “puff” devices generate habits among young people that can lead to tobacco addiction, she added....

Netanyahu rues his foreign minister's disclosure of meeting with Libyan counterpart (www.reuters.com)

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s office on Aug. 26 went public with his having met Najla Mangoush, his Libyan counterpart, in Italy earlier in the month. The statement came on the heels of an Israeli media report about the meeting....

Two more ships pass through Black Sea corridor, Zelenskiy says (www.reuters.com)

With DeSantis absent, Biden surveys storm damage in Florida (www.reuters.com)

President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not meet Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential rival, who opted not to come....

Nobel Foundation cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran invites to annual prize awards (www.reuters.com)

The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year, reversing an earlier decision after widespread criticism....

Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway (www.reuters.com)

Russia labels Nobel-winning journalist 'foreign agent' (www.reuters.com)

Russian authorities on Friday designated Nobel Prize-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov as a "foreign agent," a move often aimed at critics of Kremlin policies.

Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway (www.reuters.com)

Canada prides itself on welcoming immigrants and aims to bring in a record half a million new permanent residents in 2025 to deal with an acute labor shortage. But it has sought to discourage those applying for asylum, chiefly through an agreement with the U.S. under which each country turns back asylum seekers....

Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain (www.reuters.com)

German Chancellor Scholz speaks out against new nuclear power (www.reuters.com)

Growth in german wind capacity is slowing. Soo… then the plan is to keep on with lignite and gas? Am I missing something?...

Flights scrapped, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as super typhoon Saola nears (www.reuters.com)

The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong and the Chinese province of Guangdong cancelled hundreds of flights and evacuated nearly 800,000 people Friday as the imminent arrival of Typhoon Saola forced closures of businesses, schools and financial markets....

Outrage in Italy as mother bear is shot dead, leaving cubs to fend for themselves (www.reuters.com)

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Finland's Marin, once the world's youngest premier, steps down as party leader (www.reuters.com)

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Georgia's ruling party to try to impeach president over EU visits, Interpress reports (www.reuters.com)

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Cybercrime to cost Germany 206 billion euros in 2023 -survey (www.reuters.com)

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British defence firm BAE sets up Ukrainian base (www.reuters.com)

South Koreans worry about Fukushima water, more disapprove of Yoon, poll shows (www.reuters.com)

Russian, Belarus ambassadors invited again to Nobel banquet (www.reuters.com)

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Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster (www.reuters.com)

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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)

Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)

Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)

General Dynamics revenue rises on strong demand for weapons (www.reuters.com)

U.S. defense contractors have benefited as the war in Ukraine and tense U.S.-China relations have fueled demand for weapons such as tanks, submarines and munitions....