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The UN's Guterres calls for an 'ambition supernova' as climate progress stays slow

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

"Inch by inch progress will not do," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. A new report found that nations' plans still fall far short of what's needed.

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House stalls impeachment of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas for handling of immigration

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene forced a vote on impeaching Mayorkas to the floor, but eight Republicans joined with Democrats to vote 209-201 to send Greene's resolution to committees.

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Nepal's government bans TikTok, saying it disrupts social harmony

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The government said that to make social media platforms accountable, it has asked the companies to register and open an office in Nepal, pay taxes and abide by the country's laws and regulations.

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Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, breaking through barriers in a country where LGBTQ+ people are often targeted with violence.

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Escaped murderer Danilo Cavalcante charged with more crimes from his time on the run

Monday, November 13, 2023

Cavalcante was charged with felony counts of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and possession of a firearm as well as a number of misdemeanor charges including theft and receiving stolen property.

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Maryanne Trump Barry, former president's sister and a retired federal judge, dies

Monday, November 13, 2023

Until her retirement in 2019, Barry was a senior judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a level below the Supreme Court. The cause of death was not immediately clear.

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Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India

Monday, November 13, 2023

The workers were trapped by a landslide at a construction project in northern India. All of the construction workers are safe, police said, adding that they have been supplied with oxygen and water.

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Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shocking return to U.K. government

Monday, November 13, 2023

Cameron, who triggered the country's exit from the European Union, returns as U.K.'s foreign secretary. Hardliner Home Secretary Suella Braverman was fired in the same cabinet shakeup.

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Long-jailed former Philippine senator who fought drug crackdown is granted bail

Monday, November 13, 2023

The European Union Parliament, some U.S. lawmakers and U.N. human rights experts have long demanded the release of Leila de Lima, who was detained as an opposition senator in February 2017.

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Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali despite air quality worries

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country.

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More than 100,000 march in Paris against soaring antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

Sunday, November 12, 2023

French authorities have registered more than 1,000 acts against Jews around the country in the month since the conflict in the Middle East began.

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More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in an attack on a Darfur town, the UN says

Sunday, November 12, 2023

The attack on Ardamata earlier this month was the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked the monthslong war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

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Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face

Friday, November 10, 2023

The NYU medical team announced Thursday that Aaron James is recovering well from the dual transplant last May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

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FBI offers $10K reward in search for Jan. 6 attack fugitive from New Jersey

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The agency said it and other law enforcement agencies are looking for 47-year-old Gregory Yetman. The FBI was being joined by law enforcement officers from state, county and local police.

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Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.

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Ballot shortages created democracy problems during Mississippi governor's election

Thursday, November 09, 2023

People in Mississippi's largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on election day.

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Man accuses riverboat co-captain of assault during Alabama riverfront brawl

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Court records show one of the white men accused of assaulting the co-captain during the August brawl filed a complaint last month saying the co-captain hit him first during the chaotic melee.

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U.S. launches airstrike in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The U.S. carried out an airstrike on a weapons warehouse in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a number of attacks on U.S. troops in the region.

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Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.

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3 are charged with running sex ring that catered to politicians, military and others

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

DOJ says possibly hundreds of clients include government contractors with security clearances, doctors, lawyers, elected officials, military officers, professors and executives at tech companies.

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