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NEW YORK (AP) — A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do with the way they smell.

The researchers found that people who are most attractive to mosquitoes produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin that are tied to smell. And bad news for mosquito magnets: The bloodsuckers stay loyal to their favorites over time.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 (APP): Pakistan, speaking on behalf of Group of 77 (developing countries) and China, Monday urged the international community to provide protection to the Palestinians from Israel’s repeated attacks, and push for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks surged in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday and marked the latest about-face for a market that has been unsteadily lurching between gains and losses.

The S&P 500 rose 2.7% as of 12:06 p.m. Eastern. Nearly every stock in the benchmark index gained ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 545 points, or 1.8%, to 30,180 and the Nasdaq rose 3.5%.

Technology and communications companies has some of the biggest gains. Google’s parent company rose 3.8%.

NEW YORK (AP) — The startup union that clinched a historic labor victory at Amazon earlier this year is slated to face the company yet again, aiming to rack up more wins that could force the reluctant retail behemoth to the negotiating table.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (APP): Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 (developing countries) and China, has called for the international community to mobilize the financing required by the poor nations to deal with the adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing conflicts and depression of global economic conditions, and climate change.

NEW YORK, October 16. /TASS/: US response to any use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine by Russia won’t depend on whether it’s a tactical or a more serious strike, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.

"The use of a nuclear weapon on the battlefield in Ukraine is the use of a nuclear weapon on the battlefield in Ukraine and we are not going to slice the salami," he said on CNN, when asked if deploying a nuclear weapon would be just as serious no matter how big it is.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (NNN-UNNS) — The UN Secretary-General issued a statement on Saturday expressing grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Government troops and separatist forces have been locked in conflict since November 2020.

The latest surge in violence began in August, after a fragile five-month humanitarian truce, which has halted aid deliveries into the northern Ethiopian region, where around five million civilians are in need of aid.

NEW YORK (AP) — In Donald Trump’s assessment, Mike Pence “committed political suicide” on Jan. 6, 2021.

By refusing to go along with the then-president’s unconstitutional push to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Pence became a leading target of Trump’s wrath and a pariah in many Republican circles.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said yesterday that, the renewal of a truce agreement that had just expired, remains possible and called for the engagement of the parties.

The truce in Yemen, first enforced on Apr 2, and renewed twice till its expiration on Oct 2, started to alleviate the suffering of Yemeni men and women, and offered a truly historic opportunity to build trust and to work towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (APP): A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released on Thursday, warns that half of the world’s countries are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems.