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- 1Island nations refuse to give up on climate fight●'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as conscience of a warming world
Small island nations, facing rising seas and intensifying storms driven by climate change, are pressing ahead with advocacy on the world stage despite their limited size and power. In an AP News report widely syndicated across US outlets, leaders of these countries describe their role as the conscience of a warming world, insisting they will not give up the fight for stronger global climate action.
- 2Supreme Court allows Trump voter eligibility database for now●Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration may, for the time being, use its revamped federal voter eligibility database. The decision, reported by AP News and NewsNation, allows the administration to continue the programme while legal challenges proceed. The database is intended to check voter eligibility, and critics and supporters are weighing its implications for election administration and voter access.
- 3China's UN speech pushes global development as answer to world crises▼China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges
China's address to the United Nations General Assembly again framed global development as the main solution to the world's challenges, in keeping with Beijing's usual messaging at the annual gathering. The speech, widely covered by US and international outlets including AP News and ABC News, repeated China's appeal for developing countries to prioritise growth and cooperation over confrontation.