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Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked.

France's public debt is very much in the spotlight. The country's recently appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, calls it a "sword of Damocles" hanging over future generations. Indeed, for many countries, paying interest on the national debt deprives them of investing in education, healthcare, research and so on. Similar debates…

The sword of Damocles hangs over the Trudeau government as it prepares a pharmacare bill that must be passed this year to uphold its supply and confidence agreement with the NDP. This month might be the most crucial time in the history of pharmacare, the long-promised yet undelivered program that…

For more than six months a year, Quebec’s boreal forest is covered in a thick blanket of snow. While this is essential for the balance of our ecosystems, for the people living downstream from forested watersheds the snow can be like a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

A court heard how Lavinia Pinner punched, kicked, scratched and bit a 13-year-old boy after losing her temper in an argument over an air rifle - she was told 'the sword of Damocles is now hanging over your head' as she was allowed to walk free

I was a Republican for years. I can testify that GOP leaders know their party is doomed, and there's no escape

The United Nations chief is warning that Russia’s war on Ukraine is holding “a sword of Damocles” over the global economy