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India bans e-cigarettes as vaping backlash grows
The Indian announcement, also outlawing production, import and distribution, came a day after New York became the second US state to ban flavoured e-cigarettes following a string of vaping-linked deaths.
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'Dead or alive': Philippines' Duterte warns ex-cons to turn themselves in
Earlier this month Duterte set a 19 September deadline for the ex-convicts to return to jail or face the consequences, and put a one million-peso ($19,000) price on their heads.
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Saudi to announce oil attacks findings as US weighs retaliation
Riyadh, which is bogged down in a five-year war against Tehran-aligned rebels in neighbouring Yemen, has said that the weapons used were Iranian-made, but has not directly blamed its arch rival.
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Aussie hiker with 'snapped' leg makes two-day crawl to safety
Neil Parker, 54, said his planned three-hour hike northwest of Brisbane went horribly wrong Sunday when he slipped six metres down a waterfall, fracturing his leg and wrist.
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Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia after US blames Iran
Vice President Mike Pence announced that Pompeo was on his way to the kingdom to 'discuss our response.'
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French President Macron calls Saudi crown prince on Aramco attacks - press
The French president stressed that it is necessary for the world not to show weakness toward these attacks.
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Oil steps back on Saudi supply reassurance, focus shifts to Fed
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.13 % while Japan’s Nikkei was flat.
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Israel's Netanyahu teetering in close election race - polls
Benjamin Netanyahu’s main election challenger, centrist Benny Gantz, said on Wednesday it appeared from the exit polls that Israel’s longest-serving leader was defeated but that only official results would tell.
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Death toll from Taliban attack in Kabul hits 22: ministry
The Taliban had earlier claimed responsibility for the blast.
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Iran leader rules out US talks as tensions rise over Saudi attacks
Tensions between Iran and the US and its allies have threatened to boil over since May last year when President Donald Trump abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions in its campaign of 'maximum pressure'.
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Perils of gender and geography hamper global development, report finds
The analysis by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that some half a billion people worldwide still don’t get basic health and education, and girls everywhere suffer disadvantage.
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Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show
By 2100, average temperatures could rise 6.5 to 7.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue unabated, separate models from two leading research centres in France showed.
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Greta Thunberg wins Amnesty's highest human rights award
The 16-year-old, who is taking a year out of school, received a standing ovation from students at The George Washington University in the US capital where the ceremony was held.
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Experts to criticise US aviation authority over 737 MAX - source
The panel, known as the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR), was set up last April by the FAA amid criticism of the FAA'S close ties to Boeing.
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Netanyahu: Israel's longest-serving premier fights for his future
The 69-year-old is fighting his second election in five months with a potential corruption indictment looming.
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US singles out Iran, readies response to Saudi oil attacks
Trump said he was ready to help key ally Saudi Arabia after the weekend drone attacks, which triggered a record leap in global oil prices, but would await a 'definitive' determination on who was responsible.
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Erdogan hosts Putin, Rouhani for Syria summit
Iran and Russia have been staunch supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Turkey has called for his ouster and backed opposition fighters.
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Indonesia arrests nearly 200 over raging forest fires
On Monday, authorities said they had arrested some 185 people suspected of being involved in activities that led to out-of-control fires sweeping the country.
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Saudi oil facility attacks to hit SA economy, warns economist
Standard Bank economist Elna Moolman said that the effects would be felt here at home.
