Trump proposes e-cigarette user fee to combat youth usage

U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing adding a user fee to e-cigarettes to fund FDA oversight of new tobacco and nicotine products as part of an effort to reduce use by teenagers, according to his budget proposal released on Monday.

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Recovered black box from Ethiopian Airlines crashed flight is cockpit voice recorder: state TV

The black box recovered from the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday is the cockpit voice recorder, Ethiopian state TV said on Monday.

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Venezuela power cut: Lootings as desperation grows

The BBC's Will Grant encountered growing despair as Venezuelans faced another day without power.

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World athletics body upholds Russia ban

Russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions, says athletics' governing body the IAAF.

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Lok Sabha 2019: India election schedule raises questions

The dates have been announced for the Indian election, but questions are raised over the schedule.

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Ethiopian Airlines 'black box found'

Investigators reportedly recover the device from the crashed plane that had 157 people on board.

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Indian social media rules 'hard to enforce'

India's politicians must stick to "acceptable behaviour" on social media, under new guidance.

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Indonesia to temporarily ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets for inspections

Indonesia will temporarily ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft operating in the country for inspection, the director general of aviation said on Monday, in the wake of the deadly crash of one of the planes in Ethiopia.

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German Transport Ministry: No Boeing 737 Max 8 in service in Germany

A spokesman for the German Transport Ministry said on Monday that there were no Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 in service in Germany, after China and Ethiopia grounded such planes following an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people.

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China and Ethiopia halt Boeing 737 MAX 8 after crash

China and Ethiopia grounded their Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleets on Monday while investigators found the black box from a crash that killed 157 people in the second disaster involving that airplane model in the last six months.

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Brexit crunch looms for PM May as EU talks stall

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy was in meltdown on Monday after her failure to win last-minute concessions from the European Union set the stage for another humiliating defeat of her divorce deal in parliament.

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Eight years on, water woes threaten Fukushima cleanup

Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, a fresh obstacle threatens to undermine the massive clean-up: 1 million tons of contaminated water must be stored, possibly for years, at the power plant.

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U.N. envoy fears 'new crisis' for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island

A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char in April, saying that the island may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".

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Black box from crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight recovered: state TV

The black box from the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday has been recovered by investigators at the crash site, Ethiopian state TV said on Monday.

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Without vaccine, hundreds of children die in Madagascar measles outbreak

Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar's famed sun soaked beaches.

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Taliban's Mullah Omar lived near U.S. base in Afghanistan for years, book says

A biography of one-eyed former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar says he lived near a U.S. base in Afghanistan for years, not in Pakistan as U.S. officials have said, exposing Western failure to track him down, but a spokesman for the Afghan president described the claim as "delusional".

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Algeria judges refuse to oversee vote if Bouteflika participates: statement

More than 1,000 Algerian judges said they would refuse to oversee the country's election next month if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika contests it, in one of the biggest blows to the ailing leader since protests started more than two weeks ago.

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Willis is broker on Ethiopian Airlines-spokeswoman

Willis Towers Watson is the insurance broker for Ethiopian Airlines and Chubb is the lead underwriter, a Willis Towers Watson spokeswoman said on Monday.

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Smart speakers and baking into inflation basket

Q: "Alexa - what is now being used to help calculate the cost of living in the UK?" A: "I am"

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Superdry tells co-founder Julian Dunkerton he's not welcome back

Fashion chain says his designs flopped and he should stop trying to return to the firm he founded.

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No deal Brexit and how businesses are planning for it

In a big week for Brexit small business owners share how they're preparing for the possibility of no deal.

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