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• Israeli election rivals meet as deadlock still looms

  23-09-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's president summoned the leaders of the country's two largest political parties to his official residence late Monday, hoping to break a political deadlock that threatens to push the nation into months of limbo and potentially force a third election in less than a year.Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his challenger, former military chief Benny Gantz, commented as President Reuven Rivlin brought them together for a photo at the beginning of the meeting.The two men looked tens
  
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• Former Texas policewoman on trial for shooting neighbor in his home

  23-09-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The case has inflamed racial tensions since former Dallas, Texas police officer Amber Guyger, 31, who is facing murder charges, is white, while the victim, Botham Jean, was black.Guyger claimed after the September 6, 2018 shooting that she mistakenly believed she had returned to her own apartment and that the 26-year-old Jean was an intruder.In fact, Guyger had entered Jean's unlocked apartment located in the same building but one floor above her own home.
  
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• The Latest: European powers push for new talks with Iran

  23-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The leaders of France, Britain and Germany are urging Iran to enter talks about a new arrangement to bolster the fraying nuclear deal Tehran struck with the West in 2015 — though they said they still supported that agreement, which the U.S. has withdrawn from.Johnson went further, saying U.S. President Donald Trump should strike a new deal with Tehran.
  
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• AP explains: The delay in US aid to Ukraine

  23-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration's delayed release of $250 million in military aid to Ukraine is coming under new scrutiny in light of a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump.The United States began providing military aid to the government of Ukraine shortly after Russia illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014.
  
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• 3 Chinese tourists still critical in deadly US bus crash

  23-09-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Chinese tourists injured in a deadly tour bus crash in Utah are improving, but three remain in critical condition, hospital officials said Monday.The three people listed in critical condition marks a decrease from the five in that category on Saturday.One other person is in serious condition and eight are in fair condition, Intermountain Healthcare officials said.
  
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• UK, France Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks

  23-09-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Fallout from the Sept. 14 attacks is still reverberating as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly and international experts continue, at Saudi Arabia's request, to investigate what happened and who was responsible.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said late Sunday while flying to New York that the U.K. is now "attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to Iran" for the attacks by drones and cruise missiles on the world's largest oil
  
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• Clinton Vets to Biden: Sh*t’s Just Gonna Get Worse

  23-09-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua Lott/GettyAs Joe Biden’s campaign braces itself for an onslaught of highly dubious accusations from Donald Trump over Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine, Democratic veterans of the last presidential election are watching in horror. Nearly three years after their boss was on the receiving end of Trump’s attacks, former aides to Hillary Clinton recognized the current Trump playbook: allegations of corruption amplified by his allies and the conservative media, followed by
  
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• UK has put forward detailed Brexit proposals, wants EU to engage seriously -UK official

  23-09-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain believes it has put forward detailed proposals on Brexit in replacing the Irish backstop and is looking for the European Union to engage seriously with these ideas, a UK government official said on Monday.EU sources earlier said no proper alternative for the border between Northern Ireland, a British province, and Ireland that ensures the integrity of the EU single market and customs union has been proposed yet by London."We believe we have put forward some detailed proposals and we have
  
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• UPDATE 1-Britain, France, Germany blame Iran for Saudi attack - statement

  23-09-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  France, Britain and Germany said on Monday it is clear Iran was responsible for an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14 and called on Tehran to agree to negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs as well as regional security issues."The time has come for Iran to accept a long term negotiation framework for its nuclear program, as well as regional security issues, which include its missile programs," the three governments said in a joint statement.
  
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• Phoebe Waller-Bridge's net worth upon her big Emmy wins

  23-09-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Waller-Bridge has been around in the industry for quite some time, and she's got the credentials and capital to prove it.
  
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• Mexico braces for impact as Thomas Cook collapses

  23-09-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Cancún (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexico is bracing for a "very powerful" impact from the collapse of British travel firm Thomas Cook, an official said Monday, as several hundred tourists gathered at the Cancun airport looking for a way home.Britain sends more tourists to Mexico's Caribbean coast than any other European country, and more than any country in the world except the United States and Canada, according to Mexican tourism ministry figures.
  
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• Arctic sea ice shrinks to 2nd-lowest mark on record

  23-09-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Sea ice affects Arctic communities and wildlife such as polar bears and walruses and helps regulate the planet’s temperature.
  
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• Some UAW leaders prepare for a long strike as negotiations with GM continue

  23-09-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  UAW strikers are preparing for a long strike against GM as talks move to day eight. Here is what one local is doing to help its members endure.
  
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• Jurors convict Iowa farmer in corn rake killing of wife

  23-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury Monday convicted an eastern Iowa hog farmer of using a corn rake to kill his wife, agreeing with prosecutors who argued he was enraged that she was having an affair.Jurors found Todd M. Mullis, 43, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Amy Mullis, according to the Telegraph Herald .Prosecutors said Mullis had wanted to kill his wife for years and was irate that she was having an affair and fearful that he'd lose their farm if she divorced him.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM

  23-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations on Monday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal.After failing to secure a clear victory in the second election in six months, Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, seems to reckon he can stay in power only by sharing it.Going solo, neither he nor ex-general Gantz have enough support from respective allies for a majori
  
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• The Latest: Dems threaten to subpoena Pompeo on Ukraine

  23-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairmen of three House committees are threatening to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not produce information about whether President Donald Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, inappropriately tried to influence the government of Ukraine for political gain.The heads of the House intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform committees sent a letter to Pompeo Monday threatening subpoenas if the documents aren't provided by Thursday.Since then, it has em
  
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• After protests, Greta Thunberg and others file UN complaint

  23-09-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  After global street protests demanding action on climate change, Greta Thunberg and 15 other young activists on Monday filed a complaint at the UN against five countries for not doing enough to ward off global warming.The complaint accused Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.The complaint, filed by the 16-year-old Swedish activist and 15 other petitioners from 12 different countr
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz agree to explore unity government in first meeting

  23-09-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz agreed to explore options for a unity government Monday as they met for the first time since last week's election at the request of Israel's president.The key meeting came as the deadlocked vote results threatened Netanyahu's long tenure in office, though he has shown no sign of being willing to give up his post.President Reuven Rivlin ushered both men into his office in Jerusalem around 8:00 pm (1700 GMT) after shaking
  
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• House Threatens to Subpoena Trump & Giuliani Ukraine Docs

  23-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Charles Krupa/ShutterstockThree congressional committees are threatening to subpoena documents for their investigation into President Trump and Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine.In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, the House Oversight, Intelligence, and Foreign Affairs Committees demanded the Trump administration start turning over the paperwork this week.Since late last year, Giuliani, in his capacity as Trump’s personal attorney, ha
  
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• El Salvador president to discuss migration with Trump after asylum deal

  23-09-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  El Salvador said on Monday its president would discuss migration with U.S. President Donald Trump this week in New York, after agreeing the United States could send back asylum seekers who cross El Salvador while journeying north.According to a copy of the agreement seen by Reuters on Monday, El Salvador would assess whether to extend refuge to migrants returned by the United States.In exchange, the United States pledged to help the poor, violence-stricken country expand its tiny asylum system.
  
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• GM furloughs 1,225 more workers as strike enters 2nd week

  23-09-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  General Motors temporarily laid off an additional 1,225 workers in Canada and the United States on Monday as a strike entered its second week.The actions affect 525 hourly workers at its DMAX engine plant in Moraine, Ohio, a GM spokesman said.DMAX is a joint venture owned 60 percent by GM and 40 percent by Isuzu.
  
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• White House press secretary: Trump stopped briefings because reporters were mean

  23-09-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Any hope that Americans may one day see Trump’s new press secretary taking questions from reporters in a formal White House press briefing went out the window on Monday morning when Stephanie Grisham sat down for her first appearance on "Fox & Friends" since taking over for Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year.
  
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• These DIY instant noodles are healthier than the store-bought versions and so easy to make

  23-09-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  These homemade ramen noodle recipes are quick and easy, and you can make them up to four days in advance.
  
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• Trump pushes religious freedom theme at UN, but critics say it clashes with his own record at home

  23-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  At the U.N., Donald Trump and Mike Pence look for global help in elevating one of the president's top foreign policy initiatives: religious freedom.
  
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• A Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus protecting her cubs in the Arctic

  23-09-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  In a kind of odd man-versus-nature moment, a Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus during an expedition in the Arctic, the Barents Observer reported Monday.
  
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• At UN, Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate

  23-09-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump made his political priorities clear Monday within an hour of arriving at the United Nations for a three-day visit: He breezed by a major climate change summit to focus instead on religious persecution, an issue that resonates with his evangelical supporters.The climate summit, a centerpiece of this year's U.N. schedule, was not on Trump's agenda at all.Trump said it was an "urgent moral duty" for world leaders to stop crimes against faith, release prisoners of conscience a
  
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• The DNC again raises the requirements needed to qualify for the Democratic debates

  23-09-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  As in previous debate rounds, the requirements announced Monday include specific donor thresholds and polling numbers. But the new rules raise those bars.
  
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• 'How dare you?' Sweden's Greta Thunberg thunders at UN and world leaders on climate change

  23-09-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Swedish activist Greta Thunberg gave an angry and emotional speech to hundreds of world leaders at the United Nations in New York City on Monday.
  
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• Boris Johnson Says It’s Time to Make a New Nuclear Deal With Iran

  23-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it’s time to strike a new nuclear deal with Iran, breaking ranks with European allies France and Germany, which are still trying to preserve the 2015 agreement President Donald Trump withdrew from last year.“Whatever your objections to the old nuclear deal with Iran, it’s time now to move forward and do a new deal,” Johnson told Sky News on Monday in New York, where he’s attending the United Nations General Assem
  
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• GM-UAW contract talks focus on temp workers

  23-09-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The union approved the occasional use of temporary workers by U.S. automakers during the last contract talks in 2015, when the two sides agreed to gradually phase out the existing two-tier wage structure.Temporary workers represent about 20% of the workforce at Japanese automakers in the United Sates and are paid an average of $50 an hour, according to figures compiled by Automotive News and the Center for Auto Safety.In comparison, GM pays its workers an average $63 an hour.
  
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• Trump Criticizes World Leaders on Religious Freedom, Earmarks $25 Million

  23-09-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump delivered a sharp rebuke to world leaders during a United Nations summit on Monday, accusing his fellow heads of state of hypocrisy on worldwide religious persecution.“Too often people in power preach diversity, while shunning or silencing the faithful,” the president said during his remarks. “True tolerance means respecting the rights of all people to express their deeply held religious beliefs.”"Today, I ask all nations to join us in this
  
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• Greta Thunberg glares at Donald Trump arriving at United Nations after scolding international politicians over climate change

  23-09-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A clip showing climate activist Greta Thunberg giving Donald Trump an ice-cold glare has gone viral, just after the Swedish 16-year-old told the United Nations that the leaders of the generations before hers had stolen her childhood and her dreams.The video of Ms Thunberg shows her standing in the United Nations lobby in New York, just as Mr Trump arrived.
  
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• Trump expects to announce visa waiver program for Poland in weeks

  23-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump told Poland's president he expected to announce Polish entry into the U.S. visa waiver program in coming weeks as the two held talks on defense, security, energy and other issues, the White House said on Monday.Speaking as he began a meeting with Andrzej Duda, Trump also confirmed his plans to move an unspecified number of U.S. troops to Poland from elsewhere in Europe and said the Polish government had agreed to pay for building facilities for them.In June, Trump ple
  
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• Macron urges French climate protesters to target Poland

  23-09-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has annoyed Poland and irritated France's climate activists by urging them to move their protests from Paris to Poland, a European Union nation that is heavily dependent on coal.Poland, which relies on coal for some 80% of its energy, is treading cautiously on cutting coal.The country has a long tradition of coal mining, a major employer that offers tens of thousands of jobs in the southern Silesia region.
  
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• Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM

  23-09-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations on Monday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal.After failing to secure a clear victory in the second election in six months, Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, seems to reckon he can stay in power only by sharing it.Going solo, neither he nor ex-general Gantz have enough support from respective allies for a majori
  
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• A Ukraine gas company tied to Joe Biden's son is at the center of the Trump-whistleblower scandal

  23-09-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Burisma Holdings is among Ukraine's largest independent natural gas companies, and it's now linked to a whistleblower scandal tied to President Trump.
  
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• Attacks on Saudi Oil – Why Didn’t Prices Go Crazy?

  23-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack on the Abqaiq oil facilities in Saudi Arabia has sparked geopolitical tensions but has had only a minor impact on oil prices.
  
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• OFFICIAL CORRECTION-UPDATE 2-Boeing to pay 737 MAX crash victims' families $144,500 each

  23-09-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Co will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each from a $50 million financial assistance fund announced in July, the fund's administrators said on Monday.The fund, overseen by Washington lawyers Ken Feinberg and Camille S. Biros, will begin accepting claims from family members immediately.The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
  
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• More blood pressure medicines recalled over possible cancer-causing impurity

  23-09-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Three additional lots of losartan potassium tablets and two additional lots of losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets were under recall.
  
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• Trump says he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

  23-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The president lashes out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for giving the award to his predecessor.
  
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• Holding a Young Girl's Hand, A Man Reportedly Jumped in Front of a New York City Subway Train. The Girl Survived

  23-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Video footage from the scene shows the child being rescued from under the train
  
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• I tried to storm Area 51, but all I got was some lousy 'alien poop'

  23-09-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  After responding to the viral Area 51 event on Facebook, I actually went out to Nevada to check things out. I made it as far as the gate.
  
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• The best headphones of 2019

  23-09-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Picking the right headphones can be tricky business. We've tested hundreds of them to help you find the right ones for you.
  
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• With military parade, Iran warns U.S. and other Western forces to leave the Persian Gulf

  23-09-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  As Iran paraded its troops and its arsenal of various weapons Sunday, the country's president demanded the U.S. and other Western nations leave the Persian Gulf.
  
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• Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament

  23-09-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  * Jean Marie Ralph Féthière draws handgun amid chaotic scenes* Chery Dieu-Nalio avoids serious injury; another man woundedSenator Jean Marie Ralph Féthière, fires his gun outside parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 23 September 2019. Chery Dieu-Nalio, an Associated Press photographer, was wounded in the shooting. Photograph: Chery Dieu-Nalio/APTwo men including a photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country&rsquo
  
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• You’ll probably destroy your $2,000 Galaxy Fold

  23-09-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The Galaxy Fold will be available in the US starting Friday, which will give you a fantastic opportunity to save $1,980, and do something else with that money. We get it, someone had to be first to launch foldable smartphones, and Samsung always wanted to be the one to do it. But if there's anything the Galaxy Fold has proven so far it's that technology isn't ready for smartphone makers to create foldable handsets that are as durable as regular ones. Just a few days ago, Samsung reminded buyers
  
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• Iris Apfel says there's 'no passion left' in the fashion industry (Exclusive)

  23-09-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  AOL caught up with the fashion icon at the Bernardaud Porcelain flagship store in NYC, where she revealed her new jewelry collection.
  
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• Factbox: Lessors scramble to recover dozens of jets from Thomas Cook

  23-09-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Aircraft leasing companies are launching moves to recover dozens of Airbus passenger planes after the collapse of British travel group Thomas Cook, market sources said. They are operated by three 100% Thomas Cook subsidiaries in the UK, Scandinavia and Spain.
  
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• Fox’s Judge Napolitano: Trump’s ‘Act of Corruption’ With Ukraine Is ‘Most Serious Charge’ He’s Faced Yet

  23-09-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano put some distance between himself and many of his Fox colleagues when it comes to President Donald Trump seeking assistance from a foreign leader in the upcoming election, describing it as an “act of corruption” that is the “most serious charge” yet against the president.Appearing Monday on the Fox Business Network, Napolitano—who warned in June that Trump was “prepared to commit a felony to get re-elect
  
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• 'You Have Stolen My Dreams and My Childhood': Greta Thunberg Gives Powerful Speech at UN Climate Summit

  23-09-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Thunberg cited 30 years of scientific evidence showing the consequences of a warming globe
  
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