World News: 20 September 2022

UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in ‘great peril’
In speeches and remarks ahead of the leaders' meeting, Mr Guterres pointed to "a lack of access to finance for developing countries to recover - a crisis not seen in a generation" that has lost ground for education, health and women's rights.

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“Anti-Hijab” Protests Intensify In Iran Over Woman’s Death In Custody
Demonstrations had been held in Tehran, together with in a number of universities, and the second metropolis Mashhad, in response to the Fars and Tasnim information companies. Protesters marched down Hijab Street — or “headscarf street” — in central Tehran denouncing the morality police, the ISNA information company reported.

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Memes flood social media as anxious Mexicans process eerily timed earthquake
On WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and beyond, anxious Mexicans found humor in the unexplainable - that an earthquake would strike just an hour after a scheduled earthquake drill in Mexico City and other major cities.

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Ukraine warns of ‘nuclear terrorism’ after strike near plant
The missile made impact within 300 meters (328 yards) of the reactors at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, blasting a crater 2 meters (6 1/2 feet) deep and 4 meters (13 feet) across, according to Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom.

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Britain’s Truss doesn’t expect UK-US trade deal anytime soon
Truss said she was more focused on obtaining accession to the Trans-Pacific trade partnership and striking trade deals with India and the Gulf Cooperation Council of states including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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NASA’s InSight lander detects space rocks, craters on Mars
Mars is about twice as likely as Earth to have its atmosphere hit by a meteoroid – the name for a space rock before it strikes the surface. However, Earth has a much thicker atmosphere that protects the planet.

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