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The UN is set to review the legal status of nicotine. An outright ban would go too far, but there is no case for its easy availabilityThe health case for banning cigarettes is ironclad. As the then head of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, put it in 2000, “a cigarette is the only…

Rocketing violence and an economic chokehold have been overshadowed by conflict elsewhere, but the UK and others must stop looking awayThe “ceasefire” in Gaza is a “cruel and deadly illusion”, warned James Elder, the Unicef spokesman, on Friday. Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians since its…

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons say Milan fashion week collection demonstrates rejection of ‘useless design’Speaking backstage before the Prada show at Milan fashion week on Sunday, the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons described their latest collection as “breaking the perception of what is perceived as…

“A good master leads you to the true master within. Only that master, who is your own higher self, can adequately answer all questions.” — Ming-Dao Deng