banned

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Moscow’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday that Russia is also considering allowing refineries to produce once again the low-grade Euro-2 standard gasoline that has been banned since 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Targeted inspections across the EU in 2025 found over 60 percent of imported items like toys, cosmetics and electronics had banned ingredients, missing labels or absent safety paperwork.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The administration banned foreign use of Anthropic’s AI tools in mid-June due to safety concerns, prompting a companywide access shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

The bears had been kept at one of South Korea's last bear bile farms – sites which have now been banned in the country.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Radioactivity wasn’t banned in consumer products until 1938.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson