The United States must do its part in the fight against drug trafficking, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, following recent revelations of corruption at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“We insist that they have a very important part to play over there and they shouldn’t just keep pointing the finger at Mexico,” Sheinbaum said at a press conference in the National Palace.

She said Mexico has succeeded in slashing the flow of fentanyl into the United States by more than 70 per cent, a figure acknowledged by U.

She added that the United States is also where the distribution of drugs and money laundering take place on a massive scale due to the high rate of drug consumption.

Sheinbaum also noted that Sara Carter, director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, has acknowledged that drug abuse in the United States is a public health issue.

In May, Carter’s office released a document in which the U.S. federal government acknowledges the need for a national public health policy to address drug addiction.

Earlier this year, Carter visited Mexico and expressed interest in the Mexican government’s initiatives aiming to tackle the root causes of violence and prevent drug use.

Study says 12 per cent of Australian adolescents had used e-cigarettes in their lifetime and almost six per cent had used tobacco.

The study, published by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health also said that 3.

According to the survey by the journal 1,848 students aged 14-18 across the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia have put their health at risk using a range of different nicotine products.

More than two per cent of respondents had used all three products.

Among adolescents who had used nicotine pouches, a newly emerging nicotine product of concern, 82 per cent had also vaped and 71 per cent had smoked cigarettes, the survey showed.

Males reported higher use of nicotine pouches and cigarettes than females, it said, adding that nicotine pouch use was reported by 4.8 per cent of males, compared with 1.5 pe rcent of females.

Meanwhile, tobacco cigarette use was reported by 6.9 per cent of males and 4.1 per cent of females.

The study shows the need for targeted strategies to prevent teenage nicotine addiction and to support young people to quit, said lead author Lauren Gardner, a senior research fellow at the University of Sydney.

“Many teens who have used one nicotine product have also tried others,” Gardner said.

The researcher added that the findings showed the need for prevention strategies addressing “shared risk factors for nicotine use more broadly, rather than focusing on just vaping or smoking.”

Public health experts said the findings highlight the need for governments to protect young people from nicotine products, crack down on illegal sales and fund evidence-based prevention campaigns.

The Russian Federation has refuted accusation by Germany linking Moscow to an attempted Leipzig/Halle Airport drone attack which occurred on Aug. 4.

The Embassy of Russia Federation in Nigeria in a statement issued by its Chargé d’ Affaires, Igor Ivannikov, on Tuesday in Abuja, described the accusation as ‘unsubstantiated”.

He said Berlin had not provided technical or independent investigative evidence to validate that the reported drone originated from Russia.

“Berlin’s investigations and intelligence saying that Russia was involved in the incident as part of a broader pattern of Russian hybrid operations, are misleading.

“Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated that Germany cannot confirm the drone originated from Russia, yet assumed its configuration is similar to equipment used by Russia,” he said.

The chargé d’ affaires explained that similar drone equipment could be manufactured by several countries and that such are commercially available, while stressing the need for joint investigation between Germany and Moscow to ascertain the truth.

“Germany’s failure to pursue such an investigation demonstrates a biased approach and a lack of genuine interest in establishing the facts surrounding the incident,” Ivannikov said.

He said that measures taken by Berlin, in terms of the closure of the Russian Consulate in Bonn, the Russian House cultural centre, restriction of visa and sanctions, were not proportional to the unexamined case.

He also said that such unverified action suggested a pre-fabricated scenario aimed at deliberately seeking confrontation, using a false pretext to severely damage bilateral relations.

“Such actions violate international law and the foundations of diplomatic relations.

“It is also simultaneously increasing military support for Kyiv authorities, whose actions Russia has long documented as exhibiting radical nationalism, russophobia,” he said.