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Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones
WASHINGTON (AP):
Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavored…
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EU agrees to launch membership talks with Ukraine this week
BRUSSELS (AP):
European Union nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine next week, officially launching the process for the war-torn country to eventually join the world's…
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China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers
HONG KONG (AP):
Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and…
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What it's like to go inside New York City's dank, dangerous, bug-filled sewers
NEW YORK (AP):
It wasn't the rats. Or the smells. Or the germs.
No, the most unpleasant part of descending into New York City's vast sewer system, according to former urban explorer…
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Armed men in Haiti's capital seize a top security official in rare high-level abduction
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):
Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and a highly respected security expert who also serves as inspector general of…
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Carney: Middle-power countries shouldn't compete for favour with Washington
DUBLIN (AP):
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to pivot away from the United States and align with Europe, meeting with the leader of Ireland on Saturday ahead of the…
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China opposes US move to list top firms as military companies
BEIJING (AP):
China said Saturday it firmly opposed the United States adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the move ignored the consensus reached…
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US citizen reported missing in St Andrew
Seventy-one-year-old Dennis Lamonte, a United States citizen who resides in Golden Spring, Stony Hill, St Andrew, has been reported missing, the police say.
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12 dead in US plane crash
A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing in the US state of Missouri crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing all aboard, authorities said.