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The local election office in Lynchburg, Virginia, has been tense for weeks. That’s partly because the gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin has evolved into a neck-and-neck contest that both national parties are watching closely to

World leaders at the U.N. climate summit pledged today to cut methane emissions and conserve forests. President Joe Biden wound up his two days at the Glasgow gathering focusing on America’s role in the new initiatives. William Brangham reports.

Climate change has been a constant and increasingly urgent issue throughout the lifetimes of those in Generation Z. In the past year alone, devastating wildfires raged in North America, Europe, and Russia, catastrophic flooding hit central Europe, and South American

World leaders from more than 100 countries are in attendance at the U.N. Climate conference in Scotland. But China’s Xi Jinping, president of the globe’s largest polluter, is absent from the crowd. For any efforts to succeed in fighting climate

2021 Virginia Election Results  The New York Times See where tossup Virginia governor’s race may be decided  CNN The Glenn Youngkin Strategy  The Atlantic Leslie Marshall: I’m a Democrat, here’s the truth about the Virginia governor’s race and my party  Fox News What the

President Joe Biden says he’s moving to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program. That sets the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in the Tigray region.

CDC advisers recommend Pfizer’s low-dose COVID vaccine for kids : Shots – Health News  NPR Yes, your 5-year-old needs a COVID shot, say UCSF’s Monica Gandhi and UVA’s Jeff Vergales  San Francisco Chronicle COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11: Here’s what

Biden says he’s not concerned with possibility of armed conflict with China  CNN Joe Biden ‘Asleep’ at Climate Summit Sparks Wave of Criticism and Sympathy  Newsweek Kerry teases coming announcements to finance climate change policy in developing nations  Yahoo News The Guardian view

The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand, as this month sees the release of Eternals, the 26th entry in the massive franchise, directed by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao. As with the previous MCU movie, September’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of

The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatened separatist actions by Bosnian Serbs.