Ukraine’s President Zelensky has replaced military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi with Mykhailo Drapati following public protests and internal friction regarding the nation's defense strategy. Meanwhile, France has become the first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15, shifting the burden of age verification onto platforms. In Iran, a deadly strike on a primary school in Minab has intensified anti-regime sentiment, while in Venezuela, recovery efforts after twin earthquakes overshadow the legal proceedings against Nicolas Maduro. The pharmaceutical industry faces a high-stakes legal battle as Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over allegedly misleading advertising for weight-loss drugs. Finally, the growing reliance on sleep-tracking technology is evolving from simple duration monitoring to sophisticated health metrics capable of predicting potential illnesses, though experts caution that these consumer devices lack the clinical precision of laboratory-based sleep studies.
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