The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born on or after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said. The move, initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu earlier this year — will “protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation,” the ministry said. “Under the…
The Jamaican government on Monday said at least 32 deaths have been attributed to Hurricane Melissa, with Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon saying there are possibly eight more unconfirmed deaths. With its tourism season just a month away, officials are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region. Before the hurricane…
Officials in Nepal say an avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides. Armed Police Force spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said five other people were hurt at the base camp, located at an altitude of 16,070 feet. The nationalities and identities of the foreign…
A Pakistani official told CBS News that the country “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests” in response to President Trump’s assertion in an interview with 60 Minutes that the country has conducted nuclear weapons tests, along with Russia and China. “Pakistan was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will not…
Young British children are more likely than their big siblings to adopt American phrases, a new survey of teachers in the U.K. has found. More than 50% of the teachers at elementary level schools who were surveyed said they had heard their students use the words “trash” or “garbage,” rather than the more typical British…
Cairo — The prime minister of the Netherlands announced Sunday that the European nation will soon return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt, a day after he attended the lavish opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a statement that, during a meeting on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel…
Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new research videos show. The research, released on Sunday, suggests that this pod of orcas specializes in hunting sharks. Great white sharks have only…
Belgium’s defense minister expressed concern on Monday about a series of unidentified drone flights over the weekend near a military base where U.S. nuclear weapons are stored, saying they seem to be part of a spying operation. Defense Minister Theo Francken confirmed that drones had flown into the area near the Kleine Brogel air base…
Rome — A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, partially collapsed on Monday during renovations of the structure, critically injuring one worker and trapping another, authorities said. Hundreds of tourists watched as firefighters used a mobile ladder to bring a stretcher to the upper level of the Torre…
China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Monday to President Trump’s assertion that Beijing has conducted clandestine nuclear weapons testing with a flat denial. “China’s testing ’em too,” Mr. Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell in an interview for 60 Minutes. “You just don’t know about it.” “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk…
