Maldives becomes only nation with generational smoking ban

[ad_1] The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born on or after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said. The move, initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu earlier this year — will “protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation,” the ministry said. “Under…

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These United States: Raising the flag

[ad_1] For decades, John Monsky’s passion has been collecting American flags – from those that accompanied soldiers during the Civil War and on the beaches of France on D-Day, to ones that landed on the Moon. He tells Mo Rocca that the flags in his collection have been both witnesses to and participants in history….

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The Book Report: New books for fall (Aug. 31)

[ad_1] By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles With the fall season gearing up, here are some of the biggest titles we’re looking forward to reading in September: Doubleday Dan Brown, creator of “The Da Vinci Code,” is roaring back with his sixth thriller about Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. In “The Secret of Secrets” (Doubleday), a…

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Trump admin. moving detainees out of “Alligator Alcatraz” after judge orders facility operations to wind down

[ad_1] The Department of Homeland Security has begun moving detainees out of a controversial, state-run immigration detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ruled that parts of the facility must be dismantled. The detainees are being transferred to other immigration detention centers, DHS said in…

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