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    Germany plans sharper tobacco tax hikes, pushing cigarette pack to 11.78 euros by 2030

    The black-red coalition government wants to raise the tobacco duty more steeply than its cabinet approved last week, targeting an average pack price of 11.78 euros by 2030 to help plug a budget gap and curb smoking rates.

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Hormuz closes, Fontainebleau burns

Strikes halt Hormuz traffic as Europe fights fires and capitals punish Russian cyber sabotage

The day’s hard news ran through chokepoints, forests and crowded rooms. A US-Iran exchange froze visible traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Europe counted fires and heat alerts, and a Bangkok pub disaster exposed a familiar gap between inspection and escape.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

Ukraine expanded its deep-strike campaign against Russian fuel infrastructure, and Russia responded by initiating systematic attacks on Ukrainian fuel infrastructure.

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