Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 U.S. states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
The UN atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a 'nuclear safety and security protection zone' around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still haunted by the Chornobyl disaster.
California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state. State energy officials said the electrical load Tuesday afternoon could top 51,000 megawatts, the highest demand the state has ever seen.
Pakistan's unprecedented monsoon season has killed hundreds of people, and the rains now threaten a famed archeological site dating back 4,500 years: the ruins of Mohenjo Daro.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived at Queen Elizabeth's estate in Scotland to formally offer his resignation to pave the way for Liz Truss to succeed him amid an acute cost-of-living crisis facing the country.
