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News Articles: World

One of the women who's brought her baby to the malnutrition clinic in Farchana. They're sitting under mosquito nets.

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  • Global Health

Sudanese refugees fled to Chad with hope. What they found is a bitter irony

It is the world's largest displacement crisis: 13 million people have fled their homes in war-torn Sudan. In neighboring Chad, both refugees and locals cope with this extraordinary upheaval.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT's Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S.

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  • News

How Russia’s RT went from a cable news clone to covert operator

RT was long known to be a source of Russian propaganda. But a recent indictment of two employees for covertly funneling $10 million to pro-Trump influencers shines a light on its covert activities.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Iwao Hakamada, left, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan on Wednesday.

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  • World

Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 years behind bars, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Female panda Jin Bao Bao, named Lumi in Finnish, plays in the snow on the opening day of the Snowpanda Resort in Ahtari Zoo, in Ahtari, Finland, Saturday Feb. 17, 2018.

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  • World

A zoo in Finland is returning pandas to China because they're too expensive to keep

The zoo has agreed with Chinese authorities to return two giant pandas to China more than eight years ahead of schedule because they have become too expensive to maintain amid declining visitors.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Security Council meets to discuss Lebanon on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters.

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  • World

U.S. and allies call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah

The U.S., France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Children play in spring water in Al-Auja, a town in the occupied West Bank.

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  • World

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians struggle to access water

For Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, access to water has been a struggle for years. But since last Oct. 7, water has become even harder for them to obtain.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Kim Yeji of Korea, seen during the Paris Olympics in August, has been cast as an assassin in a "short-form series."

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  • Sports

Stylish Olympic shooter Kim Yeji got an acting gig. She plays an assassin, of course

Kim Yeji, whose cool style and demeanor made her a "main character" of the Summer Olympics, has landed an acting gig and work with fashion brands. She says her athletic career remains her priority.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Rain inundated Central and Eastern Europe in early September, causing massive flooding, including in the town of Nysa, southwestern Poland. A new study finds that human-caused climate change roughly doubled the likelihood of that intense rainfall.

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  • Climate

Europe's intense rainfall in September twice as likely thanks to climate change

Extensive early warnings and years of adaptation made the floods less deadly than they otherwise might have been.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept rockets that were launched from Lebanon, in northern Israel, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Hezbollah fires missile at Tel Aviv after heavy Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday, after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people and the militants fired rockets across northern Israel.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2024.

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  • National

U.S. to hand over pest inspections of Mexican avocados to Mexico

Threats and violence against inspectors have caused the U.S. to suspend inspections in the past. California growers question Mexico's inspectors would be better equipped to withstand the pressure.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Biden waves as he leaves the stage after his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24.

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  • Politics

Biden pledges mpox aid to Africa in his valedictory speech to the United Nations

President Biden talked about the sweeping changes he has seen during his long career, urged an end to wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and said "some things are more important than staying in power."

September 24, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
GPB  NPR

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  • News

ExxonMobil sued over plastic pollution. And, nearly 500 killed in Israeli strikes

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public for decades about the recyclability of plastic. And, Israeli strikes in Lebanon yesterday left nearly 500 people dead.

September 24, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Vehicles wait in traffic in the town of Damour, south of the capital Beirut on Sept. 24, 2024, as people flee southern Lebanon. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after more than 490  people, including dozens of women and children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire as residents in Lebanon look for safety

The trade of cross-border missiles came after the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since 2006. Lebanon’s health ministry said on Tuesday that 558 people have been killed.

September 24, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Jane Arraf
A woman walks in front of the Kremlin on September 23, 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia has embraced artificial intelligence tools to try to sway American voters ahead of the November election.

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  • Politics

U.S. officials say Russia is embracing AI for its election influence efforts

The cutting-edge technology makes it easier for Russia as well as Iran to quickly and more convincingly tailor polarizing content aimed at swaying American voters, intelligence officials said.

September 23, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese village of Khiam, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Israel's strikes in Lebanon kill more than 270 people, Lebanese officials say

Fighting is escalated at the Israeli-Lebanese border in one of the deadliest days of nearly a year of conflict in the region.

September 23, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Jane Arraf
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