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Yesterday — 16 September 2024Main stream

Trump Safe After ‘Attempted Assassination,’ and TikTok Heads to Court

Plus, a record-setting Emmy haul for “Shogun.”

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Law enforcement officials said Secret Service personnel fired on a suspect at one of Mr. Trump’s golf clubs while he was on the course.

Michaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29

16 September 2024 at 07:07
In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.

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Michaela DePrince in 2015. She had lead roles in such major ballets as “The Nutcracker” and “Coppelia,” and was a soloist in “Cinderella” and George Balanchine’s “Tarantella.”
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Floods Kill More Than 1,000 People in West and Central Africa

15 September 2024 at 23:01
Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

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Partly submerged houses after a dam overflowed in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Tuesday.

W.H.O. Authorizes Mpox Vaccine, Clearing Way for Use in Africa

14 September 2024 at 07:05
The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

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The Jynneos vaccine, made by Bavarian Nordic, has been approved in Europe as well as the United States and other high-income countries since a global mpox outbreak in 2022.

Three Americans Sentenced to Death for Failed Congo Coup

14 September 2024 at 06:25
The punishments were handed down months after the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty.

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Benjamin Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, American citizens sentenced to death for an attempted coup, waited to hear the final trial verdict in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.

U.S. Supports Africa’s Bid for U.N. Security Council Seats, With a Catch

13 September 2024 at 02:48
The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval.
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