Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
In a significant step toward reducing the U.S. military presence in Okinawa, a contingent of 105 U.S. Marines that would have been deployed to the Japanese island before Christmas was instead redirected
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“Don’t trade your dreams for a coffin at sea.” In recent months, the maritime tragedies in Morocco and Libya have drawn attention to the perilous and deadly risks of illegal migration, with
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A Jamaican drug dealer, Shawn Rickford McLeod, 40, has been allowed to remain in the UK despite a deportation order, after he promised to only smoke cannabis and refrain from selling the
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Australia has announced a two-year ban on foreign investors purchasing existing homes, aiming to tackle the escalating housing prices that have become a major concern, particularly among young voters. The ban will
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Phenix Lumber Co. in Phenix City, Alabama, earned the grim title of the deadliest workplace in America, with the highest rate of fatal workplace incidents per worker from 2019 to 2023, according
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The ongoing situation surrounding migrants being sent to Guantánamo Bay has raised serious concerns regarding their treatment and the accuracy of claims made about their criminal affiliations. As reported by The Washington
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Tibet remains one of the most heavily monitored regions in the world, with a near-total restriction on foreign access and even tighter control over the movement of Tibetans themselves. Since China’s annexation
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The Dutch government’s recent push to enforce stricter language requirements for immigrants is causing concern, especially among the British expat community, known for their long-standing reluctance to master the local language. Under
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In another demonstration that the fight for LGBTQ rights in India goes far beyond marriage, a dispute in a Reliance Fresh supermarket in the posh South Kolkata neighbourhood of Jodhpur Park suddenly
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A massive crowd of Afrikaners and concerned South Africans gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria today, united in their opposition to the controversial racial policies implemented by the ANC-led coalition government.
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