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Netflix Film Documents White Helmet Volunteers Who Save Lives In Aleppo

9:13pm October 02, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

The Syria Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, is made up of volunteers who rescue Syrian citizens from the rubble of rebel-held sections of Aleppo, after airstrikes from government forces.

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A boy celebrates after finding out the results of the referendum on the peace accord.

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In Surprise Result, Colombian Voters Reject Peace Deal

8:20pm October 02, 2016

by John Otis

The agreement, which was signed last week, would have ended more than a half-century of war between the government and FARC rebels. By a slim majority, Colombians voted against the deal Sunday.

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The smokestack of a factory on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, on Sunday.

India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Agreement

5:31pm October 02, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Sixty-two countries have now joined the plan. Together, they account for about 52 percent of global emissions, which is a little short of the 55 percent threshold to make the agreement binding.

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Children In Aleppo Experiencing 'Horrific' Violence, Says UNICEF Official

5:07pm October 02, 2016

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth says nearly 100 children have died in Aleppo, Syria just since Friday. He says the suffering is the worst he has ever seen.

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The History Of The Nobel Prizes

5:07pm October 02, 2016

Ahead of the Nobel Prizes being awarded this week, curator of the Nobel Museum Gustav Källstrand talks about the history of the prizes and how winners are chosen.

Hungarians Vote Against EU Refugee Plan

5:07pm October 02, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hungarians who voted Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a European Union plan to accept a small number of refugees in their country. But the measure was declared invalid because of low voter turnout.

Pope Francis blesses a woman at the church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday.

Pope Warns Of 'Ideological Colonization'; Praises Catholics In Caucasus

4:48pm October 02, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Pope Francis reached out to Orthodox Christians and Muslims in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and warned Catholics to stand up against gender theory, which he says is a threat to marriage.

A Cambodian woman carries her baby and walks past a wooden bridge over a polluted canal in Phnom Penh in 2013. Cambodia was one of several countries the World Bank studied where income inequality declined in recent years.

Global Poverty Declines Even Amid Economic Slowdown, World Bank Says

4:28pm October 02, 2016

by Maria Hollenhorst

The number of people living in extreme poverty continues to plunge despite slowing global growth, the World Bank says. More than 1 billion people rose out of poverty between 1990 and 2013, it says.

Egyptians wait on shore in Rosetta on Sept. 22 as a coast guard boat arrives carrying the bodies recovered from a boat that capsized off Egypt's Mediterranean coast.

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Seeking A Better Life, A Migrant Survives A Shipwreck And Wonders What's Next

10:07am October 02, 2016

by Jane Arraf

More than 200 migrants drowned on Sept. 21 trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, in search of better lives. A survivor explains why he risked the journey.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, hosts the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz in London on Sept. 22.

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Prime Minister Theresa May Says The U.K. To Begin EU Departure By March 2017

10:07am October 02, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

British Prime Minister Theresa May said leaving the European Union would make the U.K. an "independent sovereign nation." After it officially begins, the Brexit negotiations will take two years.