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    Squishy stress ball explodes in 8-year-old boy's face in France, prompting investigation

    French prosecutors opened an investigation after an 8-year-old boy suffered second-degree burns when a Cool Mix Supergel squishy toy exploded in his face on July 24 in Arcques, Pas-de-Calais. The child requires a skin transplant and remains in a specialized burns unit in Lille.

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Hormuz closed, Ceuta still counting

Iran squeezes Hormuz as Netanyahu resists Gaza plan and Europe tightens borders

The day’s sharpest stories all turned on chokepoints, at sea, at borders and inside coalitions. Oil tankers, Gaza diplomacy and Schengen travel each met the same old problem: a deal is easy to announce and hard to police.

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A new poll indicates a majority of Poles rate the Tusk coalition government negatively, adding to the ongoing political instability in Poland.

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