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Massachusetts Governor Signs Law Severely Restricting Flavored Tobacco, Vape Products

The legislation is not a blanket ban. Instead, it limits the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products, including menthol, “to licensed smoking bars where they may only be smoked on-site.”

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Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests

Iraqi protesters torched the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of anti-government demonstrations that have left more than 350 people dead. “Victory to Iraq!” and “Iran out!” protesters chanted, outraged …

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Problems Pile Up for Boeing as 737 Max Delays Continue

The timing is as precarious as ever. Global regulators still need to approve a software fix.

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Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska ‘stripped of Cyprus citizenship’ in clampdown on cash-for-visa scheme

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska 'stripped of Cyprus citizenship' in clampdown on cash-for-visa schemeOleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire with ties to the Kremlin, has had his Cypriot citizenship revoked as the island nation clamps down on abuse of its passport-for-investment programme, according to local media.  Cyprus has stripped 26 wealthy people of their citizenship rights as part of a review of the 2013 policy that granted a passport to anybody who invested at least $2.2 million in the local economy, the Politis newspaper reported. The Cypriot government has not confirmed the report. Mr Deripaska was once Russia’s richest man, making his fortune by consolidating Siberia’s vast aluminum resources under his control in the 1990s. His estimated net worth today is $3 billion. Cypriot citizenship, which Mr Deripaska gained in 2017, granted him the right to travel and live across the European Union without the restrictions faced by Russian passport-holders. In 2018, the US sanctioned Mr Deripaska over his alleged ties to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, arguing that he and other Russian oligarchs directly benefited from the Putin regime’s bad behaviour abroad.  Mr Deripaska seen here with Mr Putin in 2014 Credit:  Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images Three of Mr Deripaska’s companies were also sanctioned, though those were later lifted as part of an agreement that saw him divest his controlling shares in the firms. Unidentified representatives of Mr Deripaska were quoted in the Russian press on Wednesday denying the Politis report. The RBC news outlet quoted a representative as saying “no official notice of any kind” has been issued by the Cypriot government. Asked by reporters in Moscow if the reports were true, a Kremlin spokesman said it did not concern Russia but was an “internal issue” for Cyprus and Mr Deripaska.  Earlier this month, Cyprus announced it had identified 26 recipients of Cypriot passports under the citizenship-for-investment program that were under review. The list included nine Russian citizens, Reuters reported at the time.  According to Politis, those nine Russians Deripaska, his wife and his daughter, as well as businessmen Vladimir Stolyarenko and Alexander Bondarenko and their families. The list is also reported to include Cambodians, Chinese, Kenyan, Melasian and Iranian nationals.  The citizenship-for-investment programme has come under intense scrutiny following reporting by Reuters that claimed to show the scheme has been manipulated by corrupt officials and political allies close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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Texas Is Taking Over Houston’s Schools, Prompting Charges of Racism

A takeover of the state’s largest school district has led to lawsuits and accusations that minority voters are being ignored. At the center of it are a majority-black high school and a member of the Class of 1961.

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Massive Explosion Rips Through Texas Chemical Plant

The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.

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UPDATE 1-U.S. assures banks on dollar dealings with China’s COSCO hit by Iran sanctions

The Trump administration assured U.S. banks on Wednesday that they can temporarily process U.S. dollar transactions on a Dalian unit of China’s biggest shipping company COSCO that Washington had imposed sanctions on over suspicions it transported oil f…

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Protesters Set Fire to Iran Consulate in Iraq Holy City: Arabiya

(Bloomberg) — Dozens of Iraqi protesters in the holy city of Najaf besieged and burned the Iranian consulate there, al-Arabiya television reported.Police in charge of protecting the consulate opened fire on demonstrators and then left the building alo…

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France raises possible return of Iran nuclear sanctions

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday raised the possibility of triggering a mechanism in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that could lead to the reimposition of UN sanctions. Le Drian’s comments, to the National Assembly’s foreign affairs…

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Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying

The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general’s report is expected to find.

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A Long-Lost Black Cemetery in Tampa May Have Been Found

“We feel as though our ancestors are coming back and talking to us,” said a member of a historical committee that is investigating the discovery of about 145 coffins at a high school.

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