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Humanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings.
"I want to force myself to be more active on TikTok ,” said “ Avatar: The Way of Water’s star Bailey Bass .
Bill Gates acknowledged as much at a Thursday Q&A promoting his new Netflix show.
Hillary Clinton asked Shonda Rhimes how to propel people toward action when their attention is splintered.
The four members of the World Food Program USA's Zero Hunger Activist Council shared clips over the weekend from their Climate Week panel.
Organizers focused on mobilizing young people and offered free entry on the mobile app in exchange for acts such as volunteering or signing petitions.
The goal is to leverage young peoples' influence across age ranges.
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Pope Francis demands that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes.
Francis deviated from his prepared homily to respond to the outrage over the scandal here that has devastated the church’s credibility.
Belgium has had a wretched legacy of abuse and cover-up, none more symbolic than the case of Bruges Bishop Roger Vangheluwe .
Francis has made several reforms during his 11-year pontificate.
But he has ruled out ordaining women as priests and refusing to budge on deacons.
He has taken the issue off the table for debate at the Vatican ’s upcoming three-week synod because it is too thorny to be dealt with in such a short time.
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Pope Francis promises to "offer all the help we can" to aid clergy sexual abuse victims.
He met with 17 victims seeking reparations from the church for the trauma they suffered.
Survivors say they gave Pope Francis a month to consider their requests.
The pope says abuse scandal has created "atrocious suffering and wounds," undermined faith.
The breakfast encounter was presided over by Marie-Françoise Boveroulle , an adjunct episcopal vicar for the diocese.
Francis thanked them for the beer and breakfast and told them that the church's true wealth was in caring for the weakest.
The appointment has been highlighted as evidence of the roles that women can and should play in the church.
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Switzerland 's foreign affairs ministry voiced support for a Chinese -led peace plan to end Ukraine war.
Ukraine 's foreign ministry responded to the Swiss move, saying it was disappointing and illogical.
The two sides to the conflict remain far apart on any future path to peace.
Switzerland hosted the June summit in Buergenstock , which was seen by some as a Western-led effort to isolate Moscow .
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The workers were all from the same town in Punjab , which is in Pakistan ’s east.
Separatists in Balochistan have often killed workers and others from Punjab to force them to leave the southwest.
No immediate claim of responsibility, but separatists in the province often kill workers.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemns the shootings.
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Rhode Island , Massachusetts and Minnesota joined a growing list of states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.
19 states and the District of Columbia have similar legislation in place.
A new study from Washington University in St. Louis found a correlation between license laws and improved birth outcomes among Mexican and Central American immigrants.
Because government-issued IDs are required to access a range of economic and material resources critical to health, including bank accounts, utilities, prescription medications, housing and safety net programs — plus more job opportunities — it’s likely these laws have other important health implications, Moinester said. More research is needed to better understand the health implications of these policies and to inform future policy decisions..
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Jury awards each woman $60 million in compensatory damages and $40 million in punitive damages.
46 former patients sued Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent .
Dr. Daniel Davidow was acquitted of felony sex abuse charges against two other former patients after a criminal trial in April .
Davidow's attorney said the femoral pulse exam conducted by Davidow dates back to the 1960s and 1970s .
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An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a new paper.
The technique could potentially be used for future planetary defense missions.
Researchers used X-rays to target two 12 -millimeter-wide mock-up asteroids in a vacuum.
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On September 18 , a 10-year-old boy was attacked by a man in Shenzhen , China .
The incident marked the second knife attack on Japanese nationals in under three months .
Analysts and Japanese commentators have pointed their fingers at the Chinese government.
They say Beijing 's frequent focus on historical and modern-day grievances against Japan has fueled hatred.
Most common reason cited by Japanese respondents was anti-Japanese reporting in Chinese media.
Among Chinese respondents, 37.3 percent pointed to Japan 's reluctance to support Beijing 's " One China " principle concerning Taiwan .
Second most common reason, cited by 27.6 percent , was Japan 's alignment with U.S ..
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45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday .
They could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States .
A prolonged strike would force companies to pay shippers for the delays, and goods could arrive too late for the high point of holiday shopping season.
A longshoremen's strike would further distress a global supply chain that has already endured slowdowns from attacks by Yemen ’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping.
Shippers could reroute some cargo to West Coast ports, but those ports couldn't come close to absorbing the additional cargo.
Eastern ports could be left at a standstill.