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The man said the vape left an "awful chemical taste" in the back of his throat.

EU lawmakers on Thursday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate.

An inquest has been launched into the deaths of the mother and child.

At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.

"Flooding, drought, and other extreme weather events worsened by climate change force many people to leave their homes. This can lead to an increase in human trafficking. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation in this situation," said Michael Gerrard, an acclaimed environmental lawyer.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog approved Japan's plan to gradually release over 1.25 million tons of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

U.S.-based Gallup's latest global law and order survey found that 70% of people worldwide have confidence in their local police.

Earlier this week, a story about two Canadian teenagers stealing over $4 million in Bitcoin and Ether from an American was picked up by many crypto outlets. But the story was not true, according to the Hamilton Police.

On the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in mountainous Kyrgyzstan, a group of divers show off their haul for the day -- a boat engine, car tyres, bottles, clothes and plastic items.

Even after his arrest in Montenegro, Kwon, or "someone working under his direction" withdrew $29 million in Bitcoin and "cashed it out somewhere else," South Korean authorities said.

A young woman recalled the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her Taliban husband and her time in detention after the fall of Kabul in 2021.

Former President Dmitry Medvedev suggested that Russia could use its nuclear weapons to end the war in Ukraine, which has been going on for more than 16 months.

At least 29 people were killed in Mexico when a passenger bus careened off a mountain road and plummeted into a ravine Wednesday in the southern state of Oaxaca, the state prosecutor told AFP. "The figures we have 12 hours after the rescue work began are 29 people dead and 19 injured," Bernardo Rodriguez Alamilla said by telephone.

A Sri Lankan jail witnessed a rare moment of accord last year when both prisoners and guards clamoured to greet its newest inmate: the man who toppled the island nation's president.

Sporting a white cap and apron, Rachid Ibersiene bustles around vats at his dairy in Algeria's Atlas Mountains where he has brought the tradition of artisanal cheesemaking back from Switzerland.

As Sri Lankans flocked to a jubilant street party celebrating their president's ouster, retired accountant Milton Perera sat at home pondering whether his family could afford to eat the next morning.

Experts offer a grim picture of the immediate aftermath of a potential military strike or reactor meltdown at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The photos and videos of Prigozhin's mansion also showed the Wagner chief had a private prayer room and a sauna at his residence.

The upgrades to Vladimir Putin's armored train will cost the Russian government at least $74.5 million.

Facebook behemoth Meta officially will launch Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday -- but its release in Europe has been delayed over regulatory concerns.

UN observers appealed on Wednesday for greater access to Europe's largest nuclear plant, after Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations over a possible "catastrophic" act of sabotage at the Russian-controlled facility in Ukraine.

Some members of the US Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee supported another interest rate hike in June to tackle high inflation, but ultimately voted for a pause, the Fed announced Wednesday.

The US military said Wednesday it had blocked two attempts by the Iranian navy to seize commercial tankers in international waters off Oman, including one case in which the Iranians fired on the tanker.

A video was released amid the celebration of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Day.

Britain's defence minister on Wednesday said allegations of unlawful killings in Afghanistan being examined by an independent inquiry relate to UK special forces.

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina, who was badly beaten this week in the restive republic of Chechnya, is in a "difficult" condition in a Moscow hospital, her editor told AFP on Wednesday.

Clothes, sofas and kitchen furniture still lie strewn around Nadiya Yefremova's garden a month after her home was flooded by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.

There are a number of countries that continue to grapple with low life expectancy rates due to various reasons, ranging from chronic diseases to political instability.

The courier was released from prison following a suspended sentence.