Maldives has begun enforcing a generational smoking ban, making it the only country to bar tobacco for those born on or after 1 January 2007, the health ministry said. Initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu, the measure took effect on 1 November, applies to visitors and requires retailers to verify ages....
At President Donald Trump’s behest, the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford and its escorts are heading to the Caribbean for a major anti-drug mission. The deployment, described by analysts as unprecedented for counternarcotics, follows operations that sank four smuggling boats and left 14 dead, amid legal concerns and minimal...
The FBI said a September attack on a Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township was driven by the gunman’s anti-religious beliefs. Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, a former US Marine, rammed a pickup into the building, opened fire on congregants, and used gasoline to set it ablaze before being killed...
Washington’s confrontation with Nicolás Maduro is escalating, with the US mounting its largest regional naval deployment since 1962 and preparing strikes on Venezuelan sites tied to drug smuggling, reports say. The Trump administration has authorized covert CIA operations and raised a bounty for Maduro to $50m, while an alleged bid...
Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea may carry hidden risks for the brain, a study in JAMA Network Open reports, linking the condition to a higher likelihood of new cerebral microbleeds. Such tiny bleeds, common with aging, are tied to slightly increased stroke risk and faster cognitive decline, experts said,...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he apologized to President Trump this week over an Ontario-funded anti-tariff ad that prompted Trump to abruptly halt talks on U.S. tariffs covering steel, aluminum and other Canadian goods. Speaking at the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Carney said the apology came during...
California voters will decide Tuesday whether Proposition 50 redraws congressional lines, a move that could deliver up to five new Democratic seats and influence control of the U.S. House. In Republican-leaning Loomis near Sacramento, residents like councilmember Amanda Cortez and voter Mike Murray oppose being split into Democratic-leaning districts, and...
Millions of YouTube TV subscribers woke to find ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned channels still missing as the Google and Disney dispute grinds on. ESPN said College GameDay will stream on the ESPN App without a subscription or authentication, with another feed on Pat McAfee’s Twitter page, but it’s unclear...
Egypt inaugurated the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids, billed as the world’s largest museum devoted to an ancient civilization and a centerpiece of efforts to revive tourism and the economy. The GEM houses more than 50,000 artifacts and, for the first time since 1922, the complete treasures...
Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democratic gubernatorial nominees Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, as both parties sprint into Tuesday’s elections. Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears and Jack Ciattarelli tour their states without comparable star power, while Donald Trump backs them from afar. The races test...
