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Civil society groups nudge and cajole world leaders from the sidelines of United Nations week

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every September, a crush of events unfold on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the annual high-level meetings of world leaders in New York. Nonprofits, advocates and fundraisers descend on midtown Manhattan to mingle and lobby the world leaders, billionaires and companies who are also in town.

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What to know about Hurricane Helene and the flooding the storm left across the Southeast US

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia. The storm remained at hurricane strength as it crossed into southern Georgia, before weakening into a tropical storm as it

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U.S. publishers association honors Belarus book publisher forced into exile

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Belarus book publisher forced to operate out of Poland because of persecution from its own government is being honored by the trade association representing U.S. publishers. The Association of American Publishers announced Friday that it was awarding its International Freedom to Publish Award to Januškevič Publishing House.

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Prince Harry’s Sentebale organization leading initiative to support young people in Southern Africa

NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry’s latest philanthropic move will gather world business leaders and philanthropists to work towards fostering prosperity in Southern African communities. With a specific focus on young people and the issues impacting their growth and development, the organization Harry co-founded in 2006 called Sentebale will bring together leaders from Google and other organizations

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Myanmar’s opposition rejects a military appeal for talks on a political solution to armed conflict

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The main group coordinating opposition to military rule in Myanmar has rejected a surprise offer from the ruling generals to hold talks on a political solution to the country’s nationwide armed conflict. A spokesperson for the opposition’s shadow National Unity Government says a joint statement issued earlier this year by

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She was one of the only Black women in her engineering program. Now, this MIT grad is using dance to introduce a new generation to STEM

By Meg Dunn, CNN New York (CNN) — Yamilée Toussaint has always been passionate about two seemingly unrelated things: dancing and mathematics. Growing up on Long Island in New York, as she pursued her diverse interests, she always had the support of her father, a mechanical engineer, and mother, a nurse. “I think my parents’

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Orbán pushes back on aide’s comment that Hungary wouldn’t have fought a Russian invasion

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country always has and always will defend itself against foreign attacks in response to controversial statements by one of his closest aides suggesting Hungary wouldn’t have fought against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has done. Speaking to state radio on Friday, Orbán

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Harris arrives at the US-Mexico border to try to show that her record is more than Trump criticisms

Associated Press DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Friday in an Arizona border town, where she’ll make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico boundary since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities ahead of the November election. She will call for further tightening asylum restrictions, breaking

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15 killed after a landslide struck an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Associated Press PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say a landslide struck an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 15 people. Dozens others were reported missing. Villagers were digging Thursday for grains of gold in the remote Solok district of West Sumatra province when mud plunged down the surrounding hills and

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New Chinese nuclear attack submarine sank during construction, US defense official says

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. defense official says satellite imagery shows that China’s newest nuclear submarine sank while under construction. The official said Thursday that the submarine sank likely between May and June, when satellite images showed cranes that would be necessary to lift it off the bottom of the river. China

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