内容摘要：France’s new law mirrors broader European trends. Countries like Britain and Sweden have already tightened smoking regulations in public spaces. Sweden banned smoking on outdoor restaurant terraces, at bus stops and near schoolyards in 2019. Spain, meanwhile, is extending its smoking ban to café and restaurant terraces—spaces that remain exempt in France, at least for now.

France’s new law mirrors broader European trends. Countries like Britain and Sweden have already tightened smoking regulations in public spaces. Sweden banned smoking on outdoor restaurant terraces, at bus stops and near schoolyards in 2019. Spain, meanwhile, is extending its smoking ban to café and restaurant terraces—spaces that remain exempt in France, at least for now.

Two girls from the Wayuu Indigenous community play near a wind farm on the outskirts of Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Two girls from the Wayuu Indigenous community play near a wind farm on the outskirts of Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

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Standing next to her makeshift home of scrap metal, wood and plastic tarp, 47-year-old Nelly Mengual recounts how severe flooding and winds tore off her roof a few months ago, leaving her knee-deep in water in her home.She lives in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Riohacha, in northern Colombia’s arid, wind-swept region, where thousands of other Wayuu people, native to the La Guajira region spanning Colombia and Venezuela, also reside.

Nelly Mengual, from left, poses with her daughter Luciane Mengual and her grandchildren in the Villa del Sur neighborhood on the outskirts of Riohacha, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Nelly Mengual, from left, poses with her daughter Luciane Mengual and her grandchildren in the Villa del Sur neighborhood on the outskirts of Riohacha, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Anton Lazits hit a solo homer in the fourth for Columbia (30-18).

CATANIA, Italia (AP) — La activista climática Greta Thunberg y otros 11 activistas zarparon el domingo por la tarde hacia Gaza en un barco con el objetivo de “romper el asedio de Israel” al devastado territorio, dijeron los organizadores.El velero Madleen, operado por el grupo activista Freedom Flotilla Coalition, partió del puerto siciliano de Catania, en el sur de Italia.

Intentará llegar a las costas de la Franja de Gaza en un esfuerzo por llevar algo de ayuda y aumentar la “conciencia internacional” sobre la crisis humanitaria en curso, dijeron los activistas en una conferencia de prensa el domingo, antes de la partida.“Estamos haciendo esto porque, sin importar las probabilidades en nuestra contra, tenemos que seguir intentándolo”, afirmó Thunberg, rompiendo en lágrimas durante su discurso.