China’s getting serious about smoking — so serious it’s banning smoking in schools. And it’s imposing new restrictions as well. Meanwhile, in Austria, a former police officer is being compared to Robin Hood after he stole but said he planned to give it to the poor. Plus Denmark and Sweden consider a ban on circumcisions, in today’s Global Scan.
For years, PSA — the company that makes Peugeot and Citroen cars — got around the Iranian embargo by selling Tehran what it called car “kits.” But it pulled the plug last year, under growing pressure to honor the embargo. PSA is now struggling and letting workers go. An Iran deal might just change that.
Has there been a reset in the U.S.-Iran relationship? Yesterday’s inauguration of the newly-elected President Hassan Rouhani was a chance to assure Iranian and U.S. leaders that an opportunity for real change exists now. Rouhani may have signaled both yesterday in a speech that at the very least marks a radical step away from the […]