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  2. 2019 UN Climate Action Summit - Wikipedia

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    The 2019 UN Climate Action Summit was held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City on 23 September 2019. [1] [2] [3] The UN 2019 Climate Summit convened on the theme, "Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win." [4] The goal of the summit was to further climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

  3. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Powder magazine in Negro Fort in Spanish Florida exploded during battle with United States forces. 339. 11 September 1905. Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port. 322. 17 July 1944. Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States. 300 (estimate) 25 September 1911.

  4. 2019 in climate change - Wikipedia

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    A 2019 survey indicated a clear majority of people around the world think climate change is happening and that it is all or partly down to human actions. However, 17% of Americans polled agreed that "the idea of manmade global warming is a hoax that was invented to deceive people", only Saudi Arabia and Indonesia having a higher proportion of ...

  5. World Press Freedom Index - Wikipedia

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    The World Press Freedom Index ( WPFI) is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the organization's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations, and netizens ...

  6. The most shocking CEO exits and terminations of 2019 - AOL

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    Here were 30 of the most shocking and riveting CEO and executive exits of 2019: Whether it was the retirement of Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan or the exit of Jerry Stritzke from REI after the reveal ...

  7. Weekly World News - Wikipedia

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    0199-574X. OCLC. 6010349. The Weekly World News is a tabloid formerly published in a newspaper format reporting mostly fictional "news" stories in the United States from 1979 to 2007. The paper was renowned for its outlandish cover stories often based on supernatural or paranormal themes and an approach to news that verged on the satirical.

  8. List of suicides in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    Ariel Castro. 2013. Puerto Rican American man convicted in August 2013 of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated murder for holding Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Gina DeJesus in his Cleveland, Ohio, home over the course of a decade, hanging [100] Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart.

  9. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines. Deadliest natural disasters by year excluding epidemics and famines. 20th century. 21st century. Lists of deadliest natural disasters by cause. Avalanches/landslides. Disease outbreaks. Earthquakes. Famines.