PHOTOS: New Delhi chokes on air pollution 50 times the safe limit – PBS NewsHour

  1. PHOTOS: New Delhi chokes on air pollution 50 times the safe limit  PBS NewsHour
  2. India’s capital chokes as air pollution levels hit 50 times the safe limit  The Associated Press
  3. 'Grant NOC for cloud seeding to induce artificial rains': Gopal Rai to Centre on Delhi pollution crisis  The Times of India
  4. Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog  The Guardian
  5. 'A medical emergency': India's north shrouded in toxic smog  USA TODAY
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Indian Students Rush to US Colleges, Driving Attendance Record – Bloomberg

  1. Indian Students Rush to US Colleges, Driving Attendance Record  Bloomberg
  2. California retains No. 1 ranking for international student enrollment as concerns grow over Trump  Los Angeles Times
  3. Map Reveals Nations Sending Highest Number of Students to US  Newsweek
  4. India top source of international students in US after 15-year gap  The Times of India
  5. China no longer US’ top source of foreign students for first time in 15 years  South China Morning Post
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Woman killed in Hezbollah attack on north; 5 hurt by missile fragments near Tel Aviv – The Times of Israel

  1. Woman killed in Hezbollah attack on north; 5 hurt by missile fragments near Tel Aviv  The Times of Israel
  2. Four Lightly Wounded in Central Israel After Five Rockets Fired From Lebanon  Haaretz
  3. At least 5 people wounded as rocket shrapnel falls on Israeli city  NBC News
  4. 5 wounded, including one seriously, after Hezbollah missile attack on central Israel, medics say  The Times of Israel
  5. Tel Aviv suburb hit by rocket fired from Lebanon  Al Jazeera English
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X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war

Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fighting

A series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest are among images released by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealing the impact of the war in Sudan on children.

The two babies were treated at Khartoum’s Bashair teaching hospital.

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Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package

Some of Australia’s most prominent authors are among a group of more than 90 writers and literary supporters who have paid for every federal parliamentarian to receive a carefully curated package of books on the Middle East to expand their knowledge of the history of the conflict.

Each of the 227 MPs and senators is being given the same five books – nonfiction, fiction and reference works – as part of the campaign to encourage wider reading on the origins of the Middle East conflict among Australia’s political leaders.

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Pope calls for investigation on whether genocide is taking place in Gaza – The Washington Post

  1. Pope calls for investigation on whether genocide is taking place in Gaza  The Washington Post
  2. Pope Francis calls for genocide investigation in Gaza  Axios
  3. Pope Francis urges inquiry into Gaza genocide allegations  Al Jazeera English
  4. Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel's attacks in Gaza constitute 'genocide'  Yahoo! Voices
  5. Pope Francis calls for investigation into Gaza genocide allegations  CNN
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As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Last-Ditch Pitch to Global Leaders – The New York Times

  1. As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Last-Ditch Pitch to Global Leaders  The New York Times
  2. A Wistful Biden Says Goodbye in a Closing Appearance on the World Stage  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Trump’s election shadows Biden in South America  POLITICO
  4. Biden arrives in Peru for international summit and meeting with Xi as world leaders brace for Trump  The Associated Press
  5. Pres. Biden Participates in Group Photo at APEC Forum  C-SPAN
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch – The New York Times

  1. COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch  The New York Times
  2. 'Out of sync': The trillion-dollar climate puzzle that's become a diplomatic nightmare  BBC.com
  3. How to pay for the poor world to go green  The Economist
  4. Video. COP29: denial in the face of a climate emergency  Euronews
  5. Money to respond to climate change is key. Here’s how nations are raising it  The Associated Press
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