Vaping while still smoking unlikely to help quitters: study
People who vape while still smoking cigarettes are less likely to successfully quit than those who only do one or the other, a new study said on Wednesday.
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British Museum chief says Parthenon Marbles deal with Greece 'some distance' away
The head of the British Museum, George Osborne, said Wednesday a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.
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'Creating connections': Arab, African filmmakers gather at Morocco workshops
Emerging filmmakers from Africa and the Arab world gathered in Marrakesh this week for a series of workshops to refine their film projects, secure funding and build industry connections.
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Iran frees Nobel winner for three weeks, sparking calls for 'permanent' release
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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Brazil's Minas cheese gets added to UNESCO list
Minas cheese -- a dairy delight from a farming region in Brazil giving it its name -- was added to UNESCO's global list of intangible cultural heritage on Wednesday.
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Top US executive shot dead in New York City: media
The chief executive of one of the United States's largest health insurance companies, UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside a New York Hilton hotel in an apparently targeted hit Wednesday, US media reported.
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Trump's nominee to run Pentagon hangs by a thread
US President-elect Donald Trump's controversial nomination of TV host Pete Hegseth to run the Defense Department was teetering Wednesday as Republican senators raised questions over his fitness for the powerful role.
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GM announces more than $5 bn hit to earnings in China venture
General Motors announced Wednesday it will book more than $5 billion in losses and write-downs due to the restructuring of its China joint-venture.
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World chess champ Ding, teen challenger tied past halfway mark
Defending world chess champion Ding Liren and teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju played to a fifth consecutive draw Wednesday, with neither player taking the lead after eight games.
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Georgia police raid opposition offices as PM vows to curb protests
Georgian police raided the offices of opposition parties on Wednesday after the government vowed to crack down on those organising pro-EU protests, deepening a political crisis engulfing the Black Sea nation.
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