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A new study has found that adult smoking rates in New Zealand have fallen at a record pace, with researchers pointing to tobacco harm reduction strategies, including increased vaping, as a key factor behind the decline.

Venezuela’s official death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck the country last month rose to 4,490 on Sunday, while more than 19,500 displaced residents remained in temporary shelters, authorities said.

King Charles III met privately with his younger son, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his family on Friday in their first gathering in years, as both sides took a step toward repairing long-standing tensions within the royal family.

Cuba experienced its second nationwide power outage in a week on Friday, as the island continues to struggle with a deteriorating electrical grid and ongoing fuel shortages.

A widespread heat wave is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures across much of the United States this weekend and into next week, with forecasters warning that prolonged extreme heat could affect nearly two-thirds of the continental U.S.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that Mexico will pursue criminal and civil legal action in the United States over the deaths of Mexican nationals during U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and enforcement operations.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado postponed her planned return to Venezuela after the United States reportedly blocked a private flight over concerns that political tensions could disrupt earthquake relief efforts, according to media reports and analysts.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 600 people and infected 1,759 others since it was declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel to space, died Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas. She was 87.