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As life under climate change grows more difficult, one group says cash aid can help

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Nurith Aizenman

Many of the world's poorest places are getting even more difficult to live in as climate change fuels an upswing in natural disasters. One group says cash aid can help.

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IDF troops enter Al Shifa hospital as thousands of civilians and staff shelter inside

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

The Israeli military said its troops went into the main hospital complex in Gaza City overnight — where conditions for patients and medical staff have been growing increasingly desperate.

Two major reports say that climate change is hurting human health too

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Alejandra Borunda

From extreme heat to wildfire smoke to pollution, fossil-fuel-driven climate change is making people sicker or killing them, according to two major reports. The solution isn't complicated, they say.

How China's weakened economy plays into talks between Biden and Xi

4:19pm November 15, 2023

Robert Daly of the Wilson Center speaks about how China's weakened economy may affect talks between President Biden and President Xi.

All that's at risk for President Biden among talks with China's Xi Jinping

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Tamara Keith

President Biden and China's leader Xi Jinping met today outside San Francisco. We talk about the political stakes for Biden.

The Puteketeke bird has been elected as New Zealand's Bird of the Century

4:19pm November 15, 2023

The Puteketeke bird has been elected as New Zealand's Bird of the Century after John Oliver promoted the bird not just on his show, but around the world.

The booming African art scene congregates at the biggest art fair in West Africa

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The biggest art fair in West Africa draws artists and curators alike to build on the success of African art in the region and beyond.

People watch rescue and relief operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state in India on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Rescuers have been trying to drill wide pipes through excavated rubble to create a passage to free 40 construction workers trapped since Sunday.

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Glitches are delaying the rescue of 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse

3:13pm November 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Relatives and friends of the trapped workers gathered outside the tunnel are growing frustrated and angry. Some of the workers are concerned because they are suffering from fever and body aches.

Pūteketeke are pictured in Lake Alexandrina on South Island, New Zealand, in this undated handout photo.

With a boost from John Oliver, pūteketeke soars to first in New Zealand bird contest

2:27pm November 15, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The water bird was named a conservation organization's Bird of the Century after the Last Week Tonight host took out billboard ads across the globe and hyped the threatened species on his show.

Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday.

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The U.K. Supreme Court has struck down a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

1:47pm November 15, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

In a major defeat for the British prime minister, the Supreme Court has ruled the government's migrant plan is unlawful and would put asylum-seekers at risk of deportation back home.