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Nearly one million evacuated as Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears

Super Typhoon Fung-wong — called Uwan in the Philippines — began battering the country’s northeastern coast on Sunday, cutting power in some areas and forcing the evacuation of nearly one million people as authorities prepared for landfall.

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Sudanese Doctor Wins $1M Aurora Prize for Courage

Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan is the winner of the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, in recognition of his medical work during the ongoing civil war. He says: "There are days ... when you wonder if what you are doing will ever be enough. But then you'll see a wounded patient begin to

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Kazakhstan Joins Abraham Accords, Boosting Trump Initiative

Kazakhstan has agreed to join the Abraham Accords, a largely symbolic step announced Thursday intended to bolster the initiative that was a signature foreign-policy achievement of Donald Trump’s first term.