The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from …
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Italy Looks for Man Seen in Viral Video Carving Names Into Rome’s Almost 2,000-Year-Old Colosseum
Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the …
your ads here!LogOn: Robot Jellyfish Aims to Explore the Oceans
Robot makers who want to explore the oceans are looking to one of Earth’s most successful sea creatures for design inspiration. Steve Baragona reports. …
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Deforestation rates are near record lows in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest rainforests. It’s one of the few bright spots in an otherwise grim annual report, on the loss …
your ads here!Women’s World Cup Guide: How to Watch, Schedule and Betting Favorites
The United States will be playing for an unprecedented three-peat at this year’s Women’s World Cup. It won’t be easy for the No. 1 team in the world. Co-hosted by …
your ads here!New Quest Aims to Settle Debate Over Which River Is Longest – Amazon or Nile
Which is the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle …
your ads here!Nigerian Doctor Backs Out of Vaccine Alliance Leadership
Muhammad Ali Pate, a Harvard professor who has held top health jobs in Nigeria, has relinquished the top job at the Gavi global vaccine alliance, the organization announced Monday. Pate, …
your ads here!UNESCO Members to Decide on US Rejoining
UNESCO member states meet later this week on the Biden administration’s bid to rejoin the Paris-based U.N. scientific and cultural body, a move that will inject hundreds of millions of …
your ads here!Despite Health Hazards, Millions of Nigerians Still Using Solid Cooking Fuels
According to the U.N., in 2021, Nigeria had the most child deaths caused by pollution-related pneumonia in the world, at nearly 70 thousand. UNICEF says 40 percent of those deaths …
your ads here!Could Australia’s Red Outback Dust Unlock Life on Mars Questions?
Researchers from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are in Australia carrying out research that will help future missions to Mars. The NASA delegation is looking for the earliest …
your ads here!The Next Big Advance in Cancer Treatment Could Be a Vaccine
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will …
your ads here!‘Emotional’ Elton John Closes Out Glastonbury Festival
Elton John gave the final concert at Britain’s legendary Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on the annual spectacular with what could be his final U.K. performance. “I …
your ads here!Wildfire Smog Gives Montreal Worst Air Quality of Any Major City, Says Pollution Monitor
Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor. Quebec …
your ads here!International African American Museum, Reclaims Sacred Ground for Enslaved Kin
When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival …
your ads here!Cocaine Market Booming as Meth Trafficking Spreads, UN Report Says
Cocaine demand and supply are booming worldwide, and methamphetamine trafficking is expanding beyond established markets, including in Afghanistan where the drug is now being produced, a United Nations report said …
your ads here!‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Reclaims Box Office, ‘The Flash’ Drops
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while “The Flash” saw a drop faster than the film’s speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel — …
your ads here!Priced Out of Health Care, Some Iraqis Turn to Natural Remedies
When a pharmacist in Iraq told Umm Mohammed her prescription for a skin ailment would cost about $611, she turned to cheaper natural remedies as some of her relatives had …
your ads here!Investigation of Doomed Submersible Underway After Deep-Sea Catastrophe
The frantic search for a missing submersible craft in the North Atlantic Ocean came to an end Thursday following news of the craft’s destruction at sea. All five aboard the …
your ads here!In Push for More Black US Players, MLB Hopes Results Are on the Horizon
Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black U.S. players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still …
your ads here!Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Could Face Challenges from Climate Change
Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites. But as climate change heats up an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage — much …
your ads here!‘Street Vet’ Seeks Out California’s Homeless to Care for Their Pets
An elevated train clangs along tracks above Dr. Kwane Stewart as the veterinarian makes his way through a chain link gate to ask a man standing near a parked RV …
your ads here!Europe Repurposes Churches as Faithful Dwindle
The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of what was once Sacred Heart Church, proof the stalls — as well as the Roman …
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