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France moves to ban disposable e-cigarettes

French parliament backed a proposal to ban single-use electronic cigarettes, considered to be gateways to tobacco addiction for teenagers and harmful to the environment.

Radio France Internationale

EU seeks to bolster global efforts against migrant smuggling

The European Union on Tuesday launched an international alliance to strengthen international cooperation against migrant smuggling. The move comes amid worsening conditions on migration routes towards Europe, especially through the Sahara and Mediterranean.

Radio France Internationale

EU nations reach major breakthrough to stop shipping plastic waste to poor countries

European Union countries and lawmakers have reached a breakthrough to stop sending their plastic trash to poor countries

The Independent UK

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"We don’t allow ads on our platform that contain sexually explicit content," Google explains after an explicit ad surfaced on YouTube amid its firm stance on ad-blockers

YouTube is doubling down on its efforts to detect and block ad blockers. Oddly, a Reddit user recently flagged a disturbing ad featuring explicit content while streaming videos on the platform. However, Google has pulled down the ad as it's against the company's policies.

Windows Central

Giorgia Meloni: how the realities of office trumped the Italian prime minister's radicalism

A year ago many pundits feared that Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s government would turn out to be a radical one. This was not just because of her party’s roots in the extreme right but also because she came to office promising big change.

The Conversation

Linda Yaccarino: X working 'around the clock' to tackle disinformation on Hamas attacks

President Biden illustrated the scale of X's problem after claiming he saw incendiary evidence of a Hamas atrocity that the White House later walked back.

Fortune

Zuckerberg given 24 hours to stop disinformation about Hamas attack

A Meta spokesperson told Fortune it set up a special operations center following Saturday's attacks, which included Hebrew and Arabic speakers.

Fortune

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EU Commission suspends 'all payments immediately' to the Palestinians following the Hamas attack

European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi says the bloc is suspending “all payments immediately” to the Palestinians because of what he called the “scale of terror and brutality” during the attacks on Israel by Hamas

The Independent UK

GlobalFoundries Criticizes German Subsidies to Rival TSMC

GlobalFoundries also wants some government money.

Tom’s Hardware

Brussels tells EU states: Ignore UK on post-Brexit trade

Exclusive: Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson says trying to circumvent Brussels was always going to backfire

The Independent UK

Ryanair call on EU Commission President to intervene over repeated French air traffic control strikes

The budget airline said there have been 58 days of protests so far this year which is 11 times more than in 2022.

Irish Mirror

EU willing to consider changes to Italy reform plan, but Rome must be quick

The EU Commission said on Wednesday it was prepared to consider changes to a plan of reforms agreed with Italy, but any new proposals must be made as soon as possible for Rome to secure promised pandemic recovery funds.

Reuters

UK MPs question why the CMA blocked Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal, CMA says it won't be 'turning a blind eye to anti-competitive mergers'

"It would constrain how the market would evolve going forward."

PC Gamer

Ryanair cancels 220 flights on bank holiday Monday impacting 40,000 passengers

"France must be required by the EU Commission to protect overflights," Michael O'Leary says as French Air Traffic Control announces more strikes

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Blow to Brits' Easter holidays as French air traffic controller strikes threaten flights

Brits hoping to travel abroad during the Easter holidays - even those not flying to France - could be affected by air traffic controllers planning to walk out in solidarity with striking workers

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