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2023 was a really hot year. Then came 2024 | WWNO
10 hours ago · It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.
Mourners mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed …
5 hours ago · The tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand, including many who remain missing, leaving a deep scar in the nation's history.Nearly 400 bodies remain unclaimed. Mourners shed ...
Pope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence arms in Christmas ...
1 day ago · Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday ...
A look at the tsunami that devastated Indian Ocean coastal …
20 hours ago · Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.
Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety. Now there are …
Dec 17, 2024 · AILSA CHANG, HOST: For decades, Sudan's largest refugee camp was a place of safety, until war erupted last year. Now, there have been almost daily attacks on that camp, which hosts hundreds of ...
These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024
Dec 16, 2024 · Clockwise from upper left: Mahamat Djouma, 14, fled the war in Sudan without parents and with his 5-year-old twin brothers, whom he now cares for.Eddie Almance (left) and his sister Leila of Texas ...
'Nothing prepares you': UN's new humanitarian chief reflects on …
Nov 29, 2024 · NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tom Fletcher, the UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official, about his first-hand look at what's been called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" in Sudan.
From Sea to Rising Sea | WWNO
Nov 18, 2024 · Devon Parfait is the young chief of the Dulac Band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw. He is trying to find solutions to keep his tribe intact as they face rising seas and land loss.
Climate change and extinction risk | WWNO
Dec 5, 2024 · A new study projects just how bad things could get for biodiversity if global warming speeds up. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that under the most extreme warming scenarios, about one in three ...