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Venezuela's acting leader promises elections at the 'right moment'

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Venezuela's acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections and said the nation's people will determine the "right moment."
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OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal.

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Fears of return to war grow in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Emmet Livingstone

Fears are growing of a return to war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, just four years after a devastating conflict ended in a fragile peace deal.
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Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico as Nolo closes in on Hawaii

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Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane. Forecasters warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week.
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Judge considers restoring journalists' access to White House after Trump's ban

Juliana Kim

Lawyers representing the White House and the three media outlets banned from the property sparred over the constitutional rights of journalists at a hearing in federal court Wednesday.
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Trump and Xi meet at moment of global consequence

Jennifer Pak, Emily Feng

It is the second time the leaders are meeting this year after the Beijing summit in May.

Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's president, addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on Wednesday.

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Iran's president gives a rare wartime speech at the U.N.

Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Alex Leff

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump threatened from the same podium to "annihilate" Iran.

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen at his office at in New York during the 1950s. Sheen will be beatified on Thursday in St. Louis.

Eddie Adams

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A Catholic media star will be beatified in St. Louis, moving a step closer to sainthood

Aleja Hertzler-McCain

A "For Rent" sign displays outside an apartment building in Skokie, Ill., in 2024. Researchers from the Urban Institute found that a growing number of renters in the U.S. are struggling to pay for housing each month.

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It's getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families

Marissa J. Lang

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Greetings from Edinburgh, where a cheeky tour guide makes art history hilarious

Rebecca Rosman

For anyone who grew up staring blankly at museum artwork, this is the fun that was missing: Coco leads interactive and (mostly) factual art history comedy tours.
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Is Nepal's flood a harbinger of what's to come in the Himalayas?

Mamita Bhandari, Diaa Hadid

Building dams and hydropower plants in the Himalayas holds great promise for providing electricity. In the wake of the Nepal disaster, experts are asking about the risks of such construction.
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U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Venezuela and Trump's foreign policy

Steve Inskeep, Majd Al-Waheidi

Deals, threats and oil are all on the table as the president's foreign policy takes center stage.
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FDA advisory panel recommends a first: multi-cancer blood test

Yuki Noguchi

The company Grail says its Galleri blood test can detect up to 50 forms of cancer. An independent panel of experts weighed the evidence and decided to cautiously recommend it for FDA approval.
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DOJ defends White House media ban, urges court to reject lawsuit

NPR Staff

The Department of Justice defended President Trump's recent media ban, arguing that reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico on a wide range of issues jeopardized national security and spread falsehoods.