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News Articles: World

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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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • Ashley Westerman
Among the flowers left at the alleyway where more than 150 people were killed in a crowd crush, a poster references the time — 6:34 p.m. — when police received the first call warning of the dangerous crowd size, about four hours before the crush turned deadly.

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  • Asia

A Seoul police officer, under investigation after the crowd crush, is found dead

The 55-year-old intelligence officer, identified only by his surname Jeong, had been accused of destroying evidence that police knew of the risk but took few measures to control the massive crowd.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Anthony Kuhn
GPB  NPR

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  • Global Health

Uganda ends school year early as it tries to contain growing Ebola outbreak

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart

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  • Global Health

Food insecurity is driving women in Africa into sex work, increasing HIV risk

A study found that giving direct food support to women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa cut their risk of contracting HIV by 64%, because it alleviated the pressure to engage in high-risk sex.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Seyma Bayram
People eat lunch separated by plexiglass to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct. 20 in Beijing. China is beginning to ease its strict COVID policies to help the stifled economy.

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  • Asia

China eases its 'zero COVID' policy with shorter quarantines and less restrictions

Authorities in Beijing ease — but don't end — COVID control policies that have kept case counts low but hurt the Chinese economy,

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch and
  • Aowen Cao
Workers at a coal mine in Ukraine start their shifts. Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supplies of fossil fuels and led to more reliance on coal for electricity in some countries.

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  • Climate

Here's what happened on Day 5 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Russia's war in Ukraine also threatens to wreck climate goals, members of Congress arrive, and an actor changes his name to draw attention to global warming

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • and 1 more
An elderly woman walks in the southern Ukrainian village of Arkhanhelske, outside Kherson, on Nov. 3. The Russians occupied the village until recently. Now Ukrainian forces are moving into villages where the Russians left. The Russians also say they're withdrawing from Kherson, marking another major setback for the Russian military.

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  • Analysis

Russia is retreating, so why is the U.S. nudging Ukraine to compromise?

Russia says it's withdrawing from the southern city of Kherson, but Ukraine says it's not seeing a pullout. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is asking Ukraine to show a willingness to negotiate.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre and
  • Tom Bowman
A woman holds a placard reading "Peace = Stop Putin" during a rally in support of Ukraine at Arco della Pace in Milan, Italy on Saturday.

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  • World

Italy has been a strong supporter of Ukraine — but that is starting to change

Though Italy's new prime minister vows to continue the country's staunch support for Ukraine, much of the public is critical of Italian weapons deliveries and analysts say the government may waver.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
Ukrainian Armed Forces in a tank heading toward the Kherson front in Kherson region on Wednesday.

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  • World

What Russia's announced pullout from Kherson means for the war in Ukraine

Russia says it's withdrawing from Kherson to the east bank of the Dnipro River. Here's what it means for the war in Ukraine.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
GPB  NPR

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  • World

A Pussy Riot member describes what Brittney Griner can expect in Russian penal colony

Maria Alyokhina was sent to a penal colony as a member of the feminist punk collective. Authorities "teach you how to forget your right to choose," she says. She urges Griner "to not forget yourself."

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
President Biden takes questions from reporters at the White House on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

The midterms went better than expected for Biden. Now he's traveling to Asia

President Biden leaves Thursday for a series of major summits with foreign leaders. And in Bali, he'll meet face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Since he took office, President Biden has only been able to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually — like in this Nov. 2021 file photo — or by phone.

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  • Asia

Biden says he'll meet with China's Xi face-to-face next week

The two leaders have spent a lot of time together in the past. But COVID-19 has kept them from meeting directly since President Biden took office — even as tensions have escalated.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
The Ukrainian  artillery battery of the 59th Mechanized Brigade fires a howitzer at points controlled by Russian troops in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine on Saturday.

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  • World

Russia says it's withdrawing from the key city of Kherson, but Ukraine is skeptical

Russia announced a withdrawal from Kherson, Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government said there's "no signs" Russian forces left without a fight.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien and
  • Charles Maynes
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