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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Rockets are seen in the air, after being launched across buildings
Community

Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation

A stunned Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza.

3 years ago

Rev. Beaman delivers a benediction at President Biden's inauguration
Politics & Policy

Wilmington preacher who gave Biden’s inaugural benediction will chair president’s council on African Diaspora Engagement

Bishop Beaman is currently serving his church in Africa but said “God would help me to compartmentalize my life” to fulfill his new role in the administration.

3 years ago

Paraguay's Soccer Association President Robert Harrison (left) FIFA delegate Ignacio Alonso, center, Conmebol President Alejandro Dominguez (third from left) and Conmebol Vice President Claudio Tapia stand after announcing host countries for the World Cup soccer tournament in Luque, Paraguay, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Community

2030 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted by Spain-Portugal-Morocco with 3 South American countries added

The deal still needs formal approval at a meeting of FIFA's 211 member federations.

3 years ago

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the Berlin Marathon in world record time in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023.
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Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon record by more than 2 minutes

The 26-year-old Ethiopian crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate with a time of 2:11:53.

3 years ago

Destruction and rubble in the wake of floods in Libya is visible
Community

Libya investigates dams’ collapse after a devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000

Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city.

3 years ago

Mexican Cultural Center staff released colored smoke during the El Grito de Dolores ceremony
Community

Why Mexican Independence Day revelers in Philadelphia shout ‘Viva Mexico’ in historical battle cry

Communities across the Delaware Valley this week hosted historical re-enactments of El Grito de Dolores.

3 years ago

Law enforcement officers escort Danelo Cavalcante from a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Avondale Pa.
Courts & Law

As captured fugitive resumes sentence in the U.S., homicide in his native Brazil remains unsolved

Cavalcante allegedly shot a man in Brazil in 2017, but he stood to receive a considerably lighter sentence.

3 years ago

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet, walks down a street in South Philadelphia, accompanied by residents and community members.
Arts & Entertainment

A 12-foot Syrian refugee puppet is asking you to play with her in Philly

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee, is a global theater project to evoke empathy for people displaced by war.

3 years ago

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A general view of the city of Derna is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 12., 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns, the destruction appeared greatest in Derna city
Community

Toll from devastating floods in Libyan city passes 5,100 dead, authorities struggle to get in aid

The U.N. migration agency says that more than 30,000 people have been left homeless by the destruction.

3 years ago

Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Updated COVID-19 vaccines in the latter half of 2023 come just in time to pair them with flu shots. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Studio 2

New COVID-19 Boosters, Earworms, Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations come out Tuesday. We hear from Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA advisory panel, about the latest guidelines released by the CDC.

Air Date: September 13, 2023 12:00 pm

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In this photo taken from video released by governor of the Russian far eastern region of Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako telegram channel on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (foreground) steps down from his train after crossing the border to Russia at Khasan, about 127 km (79 miles) south of Vladivostok. North Korea's Kim Jong Un rolled into Russia on an armored train to see President Vladimir Putin
Politics & Policy

North Korea’s leader is in Russia to meet Putin, with both locked in standoffs with the West

Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his impoverished country.

3 years ago

Spain soccer federation President Luis Rubiales speaks during a news conference in Nyon, Switzerland, on Oct. 5, 2022. (Gabriel Monnet/AFP via Getty Images)
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Community

Luis Rubiales resigns as head of Spain’s soccer federation

The embattled president of Spain's soccer federation has left his job. A furor arose after he kissed a star player on the mouth after the Women's World Cup final.

3 years ago

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong, front right, and US President Joe Biden (front left) attend a military welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Sept.10, 2023. Biden is on an official two-day visit in Vietnam
Politics & Policy

Biden says stronger U.S. ties with Vietnam is about providing global stability, not containing China

It's Biden's first time in Vietnam, and his stop comes as Vietnam has elevated the U.S. to its highest diplomatic status, comprehensive strategic partner.

3 years ago

People walk past destroyed houses after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakech, on Saturday.
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Community

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people

Rescue efforts are complicated by the fact that the quake struck remote, mountainous villages.

3 years ago

People stand on the rubble left behind from an earthquake in Morocco.
Community

Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,300 people

Morocco’s Interior Ministry said Saturday afternoon that at least 1,305 people had died, and another 1,832 people were injured.

3 years ago

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