By Clara Lincolnhol and Capital News Service Cannabis – pot, weed or recreational marijuana – is legal in 24 states including Michigan, and about 15% of American adults smoke it. Michigan placed fifth in the nation for overall cannabis production in 2022, according to the World Population Review. New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related
By:Justus Hartmann China has approved the world’s first drug aimed at a functional cure of hepatitis B — a disease that affects more than 250 million people worldwide. The new therapy, Pegbing, developed by Amoytop Biotech in Xiamen, marks a breakthrough after decades of treatments that could control the virus but rarely silence it. A
By Abdulkareem Haruna A tragic event shook a compound on Polo Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in northeastern Nigeria, this weekend when 11-year-old Mahmud was found dead after reportedly taking his own life. The incident has deeply saddened the local community and raised urgent questions about the unseen struggles young children face. Mahmud was
By RFE/RL’s Belarus Belarusian authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko has pardoned and released 31 Ukrainian citizens who had been held in Belarus, a move Minsk said was part of an agreement reached with US President Donald Trump. Ukraine’s prisoner exchange coordination committee confirmed the action on November 22, saying it received the civilians from Belarusian authorities. “Women
By RFE/RL Ukrainian officials are set to meet with US counterparts in Geneva on November 23 to discuss President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan — one that Kyiv’s allies have said is highly tilted in Russia’s favor. Ukraine’s European backers — led by Britain, France, and Germany, the so-called E3 — have expressed alarm over the
