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Month: October 2024

‘Danger’ to children: Amazon among online marketplaces selling unsafe toys in Europe

By Anna Cooban, CNN Lonodn (CNN) — Some toymakers are “flooding” Europe with dangerous toys via online marketplaces, including magnets capable of puncturing a child’s intestines if swallowed and products containing toxic chemicals, according to an industry body. Toy Industries of Europe, which represents toy manufacturers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, has

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US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies accused of helping make Russian attack drones

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against two Chinese companies accused of directly helping Russia build long-range attack drones used in the war in Ukraine. The department said Thursday that it’s the first time the U.S. has imposed penalties on Chinese makers of drone engines and parts for “developing

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India denies Canadian allegation that it uses mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal denied that India was in cahoots with India-based mobsters in Canada and even suggested

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Ex-funeral home owner pleads guilty to assaulting police and journalists during Capitol riot

Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Long Island funeral home owner has pleaded guilty to spraying wasp killer at police officers and assaulting two journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, during a mob’s riot at the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago. Sixty-year-old Peter Moloney, of Bayport, New York, is scheduled to be sentenced

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