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Napa Valley wine growers work to protect livelihoods

03:04 As major wildfires rage across Northern California, one region is taking extra precautions to protect the livelihoods of the people who live there.Napa Valley is the most valuable

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Half of world's children facing extreme effects of climate change

Click arrows to view gallery Nearly half of the 2.2 billion children in the world live in countries that face extremely high risk from the impacts of climate change, f

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Healthcare workers battle burnout amid a shortage of nurses

02:19 Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare workers have been called heroes, lauded for their relentless work in a risky environment.But many of those currently working on the

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Afghans continue to flee the country

Thousands continue to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the capital on August 15, with scenes of people flooding the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Ka

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GIST: Biden Saigon

02:10 Harrowing images from Afghanistan continue to flood global newscasts and social media.Many describe the situation as a failure of American involvement.Some are even drawing the co

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Shi'ite Muslims observe Ashura in India

Click arrows to view gallery Ashura is observed by Muslims throughout the world, and falls on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

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U.S. Coast Guard assists during Haitian earthquake aid effort

00:54 U.S. Coast Guard personnel continued their assistance in rescuing victims and survivors of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that has killed over 2,100 people. Guardsmen helped

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Drought affecting bee colonies in American midwest

01:47 Bees are facing a population crisis.Every year beekeepers from midwestern states of the U.S. take their colonies to California to pollinate crops, but this year there may not be e

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Saving California's Grapes

02:52 A year after the devastating effects of Napa Valley’s Glass Fire, the damage is still highly visible. Wine growers in the region are taking actions to protect themselves against d

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Afghan women rush to Iran border

Afghan women and children were seen at the Iran-Afghanistan border trying to enter the Islamic republic following the Taliban takeover of their country. Tens of thousan

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Rio de Janeiro is biggest Delta variant hotspot in Brazil

02:17 Brazil isthird in the world with more than20millionrecorded coronavirus infectionsandsecondinfatalities, now above570,000.The countryis struggling with its vaccine rollout and bra

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Outdoor activity industry booming in the U.S.

02:53 It’s one benefit you might say of the COVID-19 pandemic: Americans are spending a lot more time outdoors.Trails, bike paths and backcountry areas have become more crowded than eve

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Pandemic hit Cuba’s trade, tourism, and major revenue sources

02:32 Cuba’s economy has been strongly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic for more than one year which has reduced foreign trade, tourism and other major sources of revenues.Last year, t

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Mississippi’s councilman battles vaccine misinformation and mistrust

02:30 Historic mistrust of the medical profession, borne out of centuries of racism, is making it hard to convincesomeAfrican Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Mississippi ha

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Chinese firm BYD expands solar panel production in Brazil

02:12 The world's number one all-electric vehicle maker - Chinese company BYD - came to Brazil in 2015 to invest in the production not only of their trucks, buses and cars but also to t

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Battling COVID-19 misinformation in Mississippi

02:02 A councilman in the United States is going door-to-door to convince the African American community in Mississippi to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Kenneth Stokes is battling mi

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China's Ambassador Qin Gang Meets with Mrs. Lande and Ambassador Quinn

On August 18, 2021, Ambassador Qin Gang had a virtual meeting with old friends of Iowa Mrs. Sarah Lande and Ambassador Kenneth Quinn.Ambassador Qin conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes f