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News Articles: World

Mamadou Niang at his home in Gandiol, Senegal, on Oct. 6. Mamadou's father worked their family farmland until he died in 2006, and Mamadou would have liked to follow in his footsteps. But he can't, he says, because rising seas are pushing salt water into the fields.

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He has attempted the journey to Europe three times, and refuses to give up

Mamadou Niang has decided he has no choice but to leave his native Senegal. Salinization has made it impossible to farm his family's land.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 2 more
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, surrounded by his guards, walks on central square during his visit to Kherson on Monday.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to liberated city of Kherson

The Ukrainian president appears openly in front of the main government building in the southern city, and speaks to cheering residents who endured eight months of Russian occupation.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre and
  • Jason Beaubien
Col. Roman Kostenko liberated his home village in Kherson last week. Russian troops occupied his childhood home for months. They took his body armor and medals and left a grenade and a vulgar message on an outside wall.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian soldiers who helped liberate Kherson describe relief, joy and apprehension

Many soldiers from the southern port city of Kherson spent months trying to liberate their homes. The Russian retreat last week was a major blow to Moscow's war effort.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is a founding member of the nonprofit that made a tool to track big polluters.

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  • Climate

Al Gore helped launch a global emissions tracker that keeps big polluters honest

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Emergency personnel investigate the scene of Sunday's deadly explosion that occurred on Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare.

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  • World

Turkey calls the blast in Istanbul an attack. At least 6 are dead

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast on Istiklal Avenue. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that the nation will not bow to terrorism.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon and
  • Fatma Tanis
Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula, left, and Head of the Tigray Forces Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede, right, exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday.

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  • Africa

Military leaders from Ethiopia and the Tigray region have agreed on a peace roadmap

Both parties have agreed to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region of more than 5 million people, according to a copy of the agreement seen by the AP.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
After Jina Amini died while in custody of Iran's morality police, rappers and rap music have been a vocal presence in the deadly protests taking place in the country.

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  • Middle East

In Iran, political dissenters find expression through rap music

NPR's Scott Simon speak to Nahid Siamdoust, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, about the role of rap in protests and political dissent in Iran.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon,
  • Michael Radcliffe,
  • and 1 more
Graffiti of a woman in a leotard doing a handstand is seen on the wall of a destroyed building in Borodyanka on Friday in Kyiv Region, Ukraine. Banksy later confirmed on their Instagram account that this piece was their work.

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  • World

A new Banksy mural adorns a destroyed building in Ukraine

Banksy's work, which the artist posted on Instagram Friday to 11.2 million followers, features a gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble with her hands.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Ahn
Family members of farmer Dattu Narayan Shewal, who committed suicide after a hailstorm hit his village in Marathwada, India, in 2014. Farmers there were planting single cash crops, so a climate-related disaster would wipe out their livelihoods and leave them unable to buy food. Swayam Shikshan Prayog would seek out their families, particularly the women, and help them get back on their feet.

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  • Climate

Climate prize winner empowers women in India to become farmers and entrepreneurs

The group Swayam Shikshan Prayog, which will be recognized today at the U.N. COP27 summit, focuses on the restoration of livelihoods, especially for women, amid the negative impacts of climate change.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
U.S. President Joe Biden  speaks during the ASEAN-U.S. summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

Biden pledges the U.S. will work with southeast Asian nations

Biden's efforts at this year's ASEAN summit are meant to lay the groundwork for his highly anticipated face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Left: U.S. President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters after he delivered remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday. Right: Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Grand Hall in Beijing while welcoming German Chancelor Olaf Scholz on Nov. 4.

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  • World

Here's what's at stake in Monday's meeting between Biden and China's Xi Jinping

The meeting at the G20 in Indonesia will be their first in person since President Biden took office. Whether they can find common ground is a key question, and reflects the current state of relations.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
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  • World

A crash course in organ transplants helps Ukraine's cash-strapped healthcare system

The war has hammered Ukraine's health care budget, leaving some patients without access to care. U.S. hospitals are helping to fill the gap.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Ackerman
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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  • Climate

Here's what happened on Friday at the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

President Biden touted American progress reining in emissions and said he intends to push for more money for developing countries. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • and 1 more
A man with an arm injury and in need of urgent medical care, right, waves to fellow migrants before he is flown by helicopter by the French Army from the Ocean Viking rescue ship on Thursday. French authorities evacuated several migrants from the ship ahead of the ship docking in Toulon on Friday.

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  • World

France accepts a migrant rescue ship as relations sour with Italy

France allowed the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock in the port of Toulon on Friday, after Italy's new far-right government refused to accept it. More than 200 migrants were aboard the ship.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A Ukrainian soldier sits on captured Russian mortar shells in the village of Blahodatne, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a day ago, in Kherson region on Friday. Ukraine's president said special units entered Kherson city and other troops were on the approach.

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  • World

Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are taking back Kherson, following Russia's withdrawal from the strategic southern city.

November 11, 2022
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  • Charles Maynes and
  • Ashley Westerman
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