The proposed law would effectively impose a lifetime cigarette ban for people aged 14 and younger. Researchers applauded it but said similar bans elsewhere could be more challenging.
The International Rescue Committee, an aid group, says Afghanistan tops the countries of concern list for the next year. And the global picture for humanitarian workers is getting more challenging.
A few months ago, Claudio Rojas was allowed back into the U.S. He's one of several activists deported but then allowed to return after arguing that immigration authorities retaliated against them.
Data from 78,000 South Africans with COVID show the Pfizer vaccine is far less effective in preventing infection by the omicron variant. But there is still significant protection from severe illness.
Scientists are beginning to understand how COVID can cause brain injuries. The virus can lead to a stroke, starve the brain of oxygen, cause inflammation brain and might infect and kill brain cells.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Twila Moon, co-editor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2021 Arctic Report Card, which shows oceans warming and sea ice disappearing.
More than a hundred countries just promised to protect and restore forests. Similar pledges in the past have not succeeded, but forest advocates hope that this effort can learn from past mistakes.
From 1831 to 1998, the government separated some 150,000 Indigenous children from their families and sent them to residential schools where they routinely faced physical and sexual abuse.
The truck overturned and exploded in a fireball in the coastal city of Cap-Haitien, engulfing cars and homes in flames as it killed more than 50 people and injured dozens of others.