A Wistful Biden Says Goodbye in a Closing Appearance on the World Stage – The Wall Street Journal

  1. A Wistful Biden Says Goodbye in a Closing Appearance on the World Stage  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Biden’s Swan Song: A Diplomatic Trip Overshadowed by Trump’s Victory  The New York Times
  3. Trump’s election shadows Biden in South America  POLITICO
  4. APEC Forum Group Photo  C-SPAN
  5. Biden attends final international summits of his presidency  CBS News
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Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn – The Guardian

  1. Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn  The Guardian
  2. Countries are cheating their way to net zero by overrelying on forests  New Scientist
  3. Redefining net zero will not stop global warming, new study shows  University of Oxford
  4. Scientific models trust the land to soak up lots of CO₂ – the reality is a lot more messy  theconversation.com
  5. 'Vague' Net Zero Rules Threaten Climate Targets, Scientists Warn  Barron's
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How USAF Fighters Kept Going Amid Chaos to Defend Israel – Air & Space Forces Magazine

  1. How USAF Fighters Kept Going Amid Chaos to Defend Israel  Air & Space Forces Magazine
  2. American fighter pilots explain how they fought an overwhelming Iranian drone swarm in total darkness  CNN
  3. 1st female airman awarded Silver Star for shootdown of Iranian drones  ABC News
  4. Gallantry under fire: RAF Lakenheath honors decorated Airmen for repelling mass Iranian drone attack  Air Force Link
  5. US Air Force honors crews that thwarted Iran’s April missile, drone attack on Israel  The Times of Israel
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No alternative to UNRWA in Gaza besides Israel, agency chief says – Yahoo! Voices

  1. No alternative to UNRWA in Gaza besides Israel, agency chief says  Yahoo! Voices
  2. The End of UNRWA? Then What?—Gaza: The Human Toll  Center for Strategic & International Studies
  3. Weaponizing Aid  Phenomenal World
  4. UNRWA - Press conference: Update on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT)  Welcome to the United Nations
  5. Statement by Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General at the Meeting of the Advisory Commission (AdCom)  unrwa
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Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog

Indian capital imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehicles

Pollution levels in India’s capital, Delhi, have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offices to close and cloaking the city in thick brown smog.

In some parts of the city, a live air quality ranking by IQAir put pollution levels at more than 30 times the maximum level deemed healthy.

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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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