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Sweden health agency tells parents to put down phones
Sweden health agency tells parents to put down phones
Since 2024, the agency has recommended that parents "reflect" on their use of smartphones around children, but in the new recommendations it offered more concrete suggestions.
5 hours ago
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Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine...
The protests come two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of any foreign patients pending the hearing of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog.
6 hours ago
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Hezbollah needs to cease attacks first: US official
Hezbollah needs to cease attacks first: US official
"To advance those talks, the United States proposed a clear sequence: Hezbollah must stop all attacks on Israel. In return, Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, about the conversations between the three leaders.
13 hours ago
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Iran says does not trust US as Trump toughens terms
Iran says does not trust US as Trump toughens terms
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's remarks came as reports emerged that US President Donald Trump had sent a tougher peace proposal back to Iran, and underlined the rift that the parties still need to close.
13 hours ago
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Farewell 'going better than expected' for French Open quarter-finalist Cirstea
Farewell 'going better than expected' for French Open quarte...
The 36-year-old downed Chinese world number 148 Wang Xiyu 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) in the last 16 and will next face either Russian eighth seed Mirra Andreeva or Switzerland's 170th-ranked Jil Teichmann.
16 hours ago
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Trump 'in excellent health' but should lose weight: presidential physician
Trump 'in excellent health' but should lose weight: presiden...
Republican Trump, the oldest president ever inaugurated, has repeatedly boasted about his mental and physical vigor compared to his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden.
16 hours ago
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Iran says no deal with US unless its rights secured
Iran says no deal with US unless its rights secured
Any tweaks to the proposal could further delay an agreement to formally end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of fraught negotiations marked by sharp rhetoric and occasional flare-ups of violence.
17 hours ago
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Edgar Morin: France's intellectual 'grandfather' dies at 104
Edgar Morin: France's intellectual 'grandfather' dies at 104
"He is the grandfather of all French people and the memory of the last (20th) century," the left-wing Liberation newspaper wrote in a 2021 profile of the dapper philosopher who had a fondness for hats and silk cravats.
17 hours ago
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Sri Lanka raise fuel prices after IMF loan instalment
Sri Lanka raise fuel prices after IMF loan instalment
Petrol was raised to 434 rupees ($1.33), up from 410, while diesel increased to 407 rupees a litre from 392, the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said.
1 day ago
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8 killed, 33 injured in tourist bus crash in western Türkiye
8 killed, 33 injured in tourist bus crash in western Türkiye
The bus, carrying 38 passengers and three crew members, was traveling from the city of Izmir to the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya when it struck a guardrail and caught fire on the Denizli-Aydin highway in Denizli Province, according to broadcaster NTV.
1 day ago