Climate Week organizers herald 'the age of urgency'
U.N. secretary-general calls for an 'end to addiction to fossil fuels' as New York prepares to host its annual Climate Week and general assembly of world leaders and policy makers. Francesca Lynagh has more.
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How was Hezbollah attacked with exploding pagers?
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. Gabe Singer explains.
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Record drought leaves Amazon rivers at historic lows, some dry
The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were navigable waterways.
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IVF support bill fails in Congress despite Trump's support
A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed on Tuesday, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy. Gabe Singer reports.
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Drivers stranded as wildfires ravage central, northern Portugal
Drivers were left stranded on Portuguese highways on Tuesday (September 17) as wildfires continued to ravage central and northern parts of the country.
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Ex-Bolivian leader Morales marches to La Paz to confront president
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales initiated a march towards the capital, La Paz, on Tuesday (September 17), targeting the government of incumbent President Luis Arce over the stalled economy. Syakir Jasnee reports.
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Flood submerges entire village in Hungary overnight
A whole village in northern Hungary was submerged on Tuesday (September 17) following a flood wave that struck overnight.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to federal charges
Sean "Diddy" Combs used his fame as one of hip-hop's biggest names to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering, prosecutors said on Tuesday in bringing three criminal charges against him. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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London's mayor wants to get rid of traffic on Oxford Street
London's Oxford Street, home to some of the British capital's most famous shops from Selfridges to Marks & Spencer, could be pedestrianized to attract more shoppers under a plan announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday. Olivia Zollino reports.
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Kathryn Hahn says she met with 'witch' for 'Agatha All Along'
Actor Kathryn Hahn met with a person she describes as a real-life witch every week to help her further embrace her role as the witch Agatha Harkness in the show "Agatha All Along." The Marvel miniseries created by director Jac Schaeffer serves as a spin-off of the Emmy-winning Disney Plus series “WandaVision,” also created by Schaeffer.
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Harris calls for end to war in Gaza, no Israeli reoccupation
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called for an end to the Israel-Gaza war on Tuesday (September 17) at a Philadelphia forum organized by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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'Shogun' success draws tourists to Japanese samurai experience
As the period drama series “Shogun” takes home a record 18 Emmy Awards, a workshop in central Tokyo that teaches people how to swing a Japanese sword has seen an increase in tourists seeking an authentic samurai experience. Owner Kazuko Mitsui thinks it could be linked. Kristy Kilburn has more.
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Smoke billows as fire rages at major Greek oil refinery
A fire broke out inside Greece's second biggest oil refinery on Tuesday (September 17) forcing workers to evacuate as a column of black smoke poured across the evening sky, authorities and the company said.
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Hezbollah using pagers 'surprising' given history, says analyst
Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday (September 17), killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 3,000 others. Cybersecurity expert Joseph Steinberg said it was surprising that the organization was using pagers in the first place given Israel's history of detonating devices.
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Georgian parliament approves law curbing LGBT rights
Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday (September 17) approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights. Arrthy Thayaparan has more.
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Schwarzenegger brushes off Trump's pet eating comments
Receiving an honorary degree in Berlin on Tuesday (September 17) actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used the opportunity to brush off former U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about immigrants in the United States eating pets, saying that the Republican presidential candidate is just one person in the party: "Let him entertain us."
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Gazan creates solar devices to combat fuel, water shortages
Palestinian agricultural engineer Inas al-Ghoul constructed a solar cooker and a desalination system to combat the persistent energy and water crises in war-torn Gaza.
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Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin
Cuba's communist-run government on Monday (September 16) slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro. Kristy Kilburn reports.
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Hezbollah fighters killed, thousands hurt as pagers explode
Lebanon's health ministry said at least eight people had been killed and more than 2,800 injured after pagers detonated across the country. The killed and injured include members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the group told Reuters. Zachary Goelman produced this report.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs charged with sex trafficking, racketeering
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on Tuesday (September 17) spoke to reporters after a three-count federal indictment was unsealed alleging music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs of engaging in demeaning sex acts as part of a decades-long scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering.
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Three firefighters die as Portugal battles dozens of wildfires
Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the latest wildfires to seven people since Saturday, authorities said. Alice Rizzo reports.
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Ocelot rescued by Rio de Janeiro firefighters in forest fire
Brazilian military firefighters recovered a young ocelot from the remnants of a forest fire in the southern Rio de Janeiro state region on Sunday (September 15).
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Evacuations by digger and boat as floodwaters invade Polish town
While volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks along the Oder in Poland on Tuesday, for Lewin Brzeski it was too late, as the stricken town was completely under water. Drone footage showed the extent of the flooding as emergency services drove speedboats down the flooded streets evacuating people to safety.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says he will plead not guilty
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been indicted on criminal charges for what U.S. prosecutors called the music mogul's years-long orchestration of a sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Combs, said in front of Manhattan federal court he was "going to fight like hell to get him released."
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CCTV captures moment man's bag explodes in Beirut
CCTV captured the moment a man's bag exploded in a supermarket in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday (September 17).
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