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News Articles: World

A screenshot of the GreenTeam's electric car on the track where it broke the record for fastest acceleration of an electric vehicle.

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  • Technology

German students break the world record for fastest accelerating electric car — again

The electric racing car, built by 20 University of Stuttgart students known as the GreenTeam, can go from 0 to about 62 miles per hour in just 1.461 seconds.

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on July 20, 2022.

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  • Climate

Developing nations suffering from climate change will demand financial help

The chairperson of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming U.N. climate summit has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda.

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
America Ferrera (clockwise from top left), Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez, Ivette Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Christy Haubegger are using their platforms to promote empowerment and representation.

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  • Arts & Life

So few Latinas make it in Hollywood – those who do are pushing for representation

Actors Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez are also directors, producers and activists.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's energy minister, speaks during a news conference after the 45th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 5.

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  • World

The White House accuses Saudi Arabia of aiding Russia and coercing OPEC oil producers

A major oil output cut by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil producers has drawn sharp accusations in Washington.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
U.N. Ambassador from Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya uses binoculars in the U.N. General Assembly before a vote condemning Russia's move to illegally annex parts of Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Only 4 countries side with Russia as U.N. rejects annexations in Ukraine

"The world had its say," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling Russia's push for annexation "worthless."

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A police vehicle is parked near a bridge where social media videos earlier appeared to show smoke and protest banners in Beijing on Thursday. China's internet censors moved quickly to scrub social media posts after reports of banners criticizing the Communist leadership being hung from a busy intersection in the capital Beijing.

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  • Asia

A rare protest in Beijing calls for change ahead of a key Communist Party meeting

Online images showed banners that demanded "votes not leaders, dignity not lies" and urged students and workers to strike. Censors quickly scrubbed social media posts of the protest.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
<em></em><strong>Invertebrates Winner:</strong> <em>The big buzz</em>. South Texas, USA. The world's bees are under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and climate change. With 70% of bee species nesting underground, it is increasingly important that areas of natural soil are left undisturbed.

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  • Environment

See the buzzworthy winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

This year's top prizes went to a teen from Thailand and an American who is just the fifth woman to win in 58 years. Karine Aigner spoke with NPR about the significance of the photo and the award.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Estefania Mitre
Attendants wait to guide visitors to the the exhibition entitled "Forging Ahead in the New Era," highlighting Chinese President Xi Jinping's years as leader, at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing, ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress meeting.

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  • World

China's major party congress is set to grant Xi Jinping a 3rd term. And that's not all

China's ruling party kicks off a national congress on Sunday in which Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as party boss and chief of the military.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
A person walks past images of workers with the United Kingdom's National Health Service posted outside a temporary field hospital in south London on Jan. 5.

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  • Health

A blood shortage in the U.K. may cause some surgeries to be delayed

Part of the reason for the shortage is that there are fewer donors visiting blood collection centers in cities and towns in the aftermath of the pandemic, the National Health Service said.

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
An Israeli soldier walks past a sign at a tourist site at the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon in Rosh Hanikra, Israel, on Tuesday.

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  • World

For Israel and Lebanon, a U.S.-mediated deal settles a long-running maritime dispute

After a decade of negotiations, this week's agreement resolves questions of who gets to drill for natural gas in disputed waters off the Mediterranean coast. But its implementation isn't a sure thing.

October 12, 2022
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  • Daniel Estrin
A string of dead pilot whales line the beach at Tupuangi Beach in New Zealand's Chatham Archipelago, on Saturday.

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  • Animals

477 stranded whales die on remote New Zealand islands

The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.

October 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Workers restore the railway tracks Sunday on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, a day after it was damaged by a blast. Officials said car and train traffic had resumed over the bridge, with Moscow's transport ministry saying Sunday that long-distance passenger trains from Crimea to Russia were "moving according to the standard schedule."

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  • Europe

Russia arrests 8 people for the blast on a Crimea bridge as Ukraine denies involvement

Security agents arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and an Armenian as suspects in the explosion, which disabled a critical link between Russia and the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014.

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Julian Hayda and
  • Charles Maynes
Saudi Arabia's minister of energy, Abdulaziz bin Salman, at the OPEC and non-OPEC meeting on Oct. 5.

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  • Politics

Biden is rethinking the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after OPEC cuts

After the cartel said it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day starting next month, the White House said it's time to look at the longstanding partnership with Saudi Arabia.

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
A painting of multicolored dots by artist Damien Hirst burns at the Newport Street Gallery in London on Tuesday as part of his project "The Currency." For it, he released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could either keep the non-fungible token, in which case the painting would be burned, or keep the painting, in which case they would lose the NFT.

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  • Fine Art

Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more

As part of his project "The Currency," Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard

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  • Economy

Why the U.S. might not win the global economy without Canada and Mexico

A new book argues that for the U.S. to become more globally competitive and create good jobs, we must embrace and expand trade with Canada and Mexico.

October 11, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
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