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On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.

The quakes and other smaller aftershocks shook cities in Venezuela and Colombia overnight. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

For years, South Korean tattooists have had to work in underground studios or windowless backrooms. They may soon be able to practice their craft in the open.

Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker.

A burst pipe in an unfinished extension of Bangkok’s subway system opened a hole more than 60 feet deep in a road near a hospital and royal palaces.

The Himalayan region supplies most of India’s apples. But when heavy rains left a major highway blocked for weeks, farmers couldn’t get them to markets.

President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate conference that his country would seek to reduce emissions by at least 7 to 10 percent by 2035. Ukraine’s president appealed for more weapons to fight Russia and warned of the dangers of a new arms race.

In his first U.N. address, Ahmed al-Shara, a former rebel, highlighted his efforts to rebuild Syria and its institutions.

The Himalayan region supplies most of India’s apples. But when heavy rains left a major highway blocked for weeks, farmers couldn’t get them to markets.

The Ukrainian leader’s U.N. speech came just a day after President Trump suddenly said Ukraine could win the war with Russia, a change in stance so dramatic it left many Ukrainians wary.

President Trump has shown dwindling interest in mediating a peace accord, joining European “security guarantees” for Ukraine or providing aid and intelligence to the Ukrainians.

Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the General Assembly looking to prevent the imposition of sanctions on his country, this time from the United Nations Security Council.

One million residents of Guangdong, in southern China, were evacuated before the powerful storm made landfall on Wednesday. At least 18 people have been killed along its path this week.

Hundreds of firefighters and soldiers dispatched to Guangfu have gone door to door to check for trapped residents.

Mr. Bhat, a scholar of Persian literature, was a rare and eloquent voice of moderation in Kashmir’s often militant separatist movement.

Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.

Public health advocates complained that the final recommendations on combating chronic illness removed calls for taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sweetened drinks.