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Children learn to cooperate early, but world leaders at the UN struggle to get that done

Sep. 28, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they're little: Play nicely. Work together. Don't hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds and a preposterously complex set of 21st-century priorities and goals, and you come up with what exists in the...

Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastates the southeast Caribbean

Jul. 11, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm, officials said Thursday as they pleaded for at least $9 million in assistance from the international community. ...