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US Seizes Illegal E-Cigarettes, as Thousands of New Ones Are Launching
Voice of America
FILE - Varieties of disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices manufactured by EB Design, formerly known as Elf Bar, are displayed at a store in Pinecrest, Fla., June 26, 2023. FILE - Elf Bar disposable vaping pod devices are displayed, June 26, 2023, in Washington.
Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp," stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram ground drone prototype, at a corn field in northern Ukraine, June 28, 2024. Serhii, chief engineer of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp," works on a 3D model of a car-sized 800-kilogram prototype ground drone, in northern Ukraine, June 27, 2024. Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, June 27, 2024.
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FILE: An evening launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, from Space Launch Complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base is seen over the Pacific Ocean from Encinitas, California, June 23, 2024. FILE - An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system donated by the U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk is seen in Izyum, Kharkiv region, Sept. 25, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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In this photo provided by Reliance Industries, Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, holds hands with Radhika Merchant during their wedding ceremony at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2024. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, center, poses with son Anant and wife Nita at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2024.
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FILE - Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal mine, June 25, 2024, in Mount Storm, W.Va. FILE - Dave Hoffman, left, and Paul Ziemkiewicz of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute check on clarifying pools at a facility they run where rare earth minerals are separated from acidic groundwater, June 25, 2024, in Mount Storm, W.Va. FILE - West Virginia University's Water Research Institute runs this facility where rare earth minerals are separated from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal mine, June 25, 2024, in Mount Storm, W.Va.