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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — African nations called on the world Tuesday to pay attention to how terrorism targeted their continent, particularly its Sahel region, telling the United Nations Security Council that Africans made up nearly half the world's terror attack victims.Using his country's bully pulpit as Security Council chair for…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state's case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial.Minnesota is seeking more than $100 million in damages, Ellison said, accusing San Francisco-based Juul of unlawfully targeting young…

Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent.In a March 25 interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus for use by the Belarusian military. He…

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 28, 2023 / On World Water Day at the 2023 United Nations Water Conference, IBM hosted a side event at the UN headquarters in New York to provide the first formal impact and innovation updates on two on-going projects at the intersection of water…

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. and U.K. on Tuesday slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and trafficking the amphetamine drug Captagon, the two governments said. The six include cousins of Syrian President Bashar Assad and notorious Lebanese drug lynchpins.Experts say Captagon is primarily produced in…

(Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that China’s actions “undermine their credibility” as a neutral party on Ukraine, and urged President Xi Jinping to “use his influence with Putin to end this war.”Most Read from BloombergSpeaking at a parliamentary committee hearing in London on Tuesday, Sunak said that…

A “stable share” of Americans has participated in religious services in some way – virtually or in person – during the coronavirus pandemic, though in-person attendance is slightly lower than before the COVID-19 outbreak.Those are among the key findings in a comprehensive report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center…

The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brothers and the United Nations said Tuesday.The Taliban government barred girls from attending secondary school and then university last year, making Afghanistan the only country in the world to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen affirmed America’s commitment to enhancing corporate transparency along with more than 20 other countries participating in this week's Summit for Democracy.While the Biden administration is already working to establish a new database on small business ownership, Yellen pledged Tuesday that her department would…

Photos of Kim inspecting multiple warheads at a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute were released by the official KCNA newswire - STRNorth Korea has for the first time unveiled smaller nuclear warheads which it claims are capable of striking its neighbours.Photos showing Kim Jong Un inspecting the new, smaller…