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" class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 20, 2024</span> <a href="/a/addressing-climate-change-by-tackling-super-pollutants/7870922.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Addressing Climate Change by Tackling Super Pollutants"> Addressing Climate Change by Tackling Super Pollutants </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">There have been “thousands of deaths, tens of thousands of emergency room visits because of the warming caused by super pollutants,” said Climate Advisor Zaidi. </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/using-ai-to-tackle-global-challenges/7869477.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Using AI to Tackle Global Challenges"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/21863ab0-ff4c-4406-97e0-1e4a1e3aa25d_cx2_cy5_cw97_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) Words reading "Artificial intelligence AI", miniature of robot and toy hand are pictured in this illustration taken December 14, 2023." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/21863ab0-ff4c-4406-97e0-1e4a1e3aa25d_cx2_cy5_cw97_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) Words reading "Artificial intelligence AI", miniature of robot and toy hand are pictured in this illustration taken December 14, 2023." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 19, 2024</span> <a href="/a/using-ai-to-tackle-global-challenges/7869477.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Using AI to Tackle Global Challenges"> Using AI to Tackle Global Challenges </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Advances in bioscience can be used to improve healthcare and food security and address climate change. The U.S. believes that using artificial intelligence can accelerate advances in bioscience and biotechnology.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/the-most-urgent-security-threats-facing-the-united-states/7868049.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="The Most Urgent Security Threats Facing the United States"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7eaea480-fa19-40fc-a027-111751f7c5fe_cx0_cy7_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024. " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7eaea480-fa19-40fc-a027-111751f7c5fe_cx0_cy7_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024. " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 18, 2024</span> <a href="/a/the-most-urgent-security-threats-facing-the-united-states/7868049.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="The Most Urgent Security Threats Facing the United States"> The Most Urgent Security Threats Facing the United States </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">The “most immediate” foreign policy challenge, said National Security Advisor Sullivan, “is Iran and its proxy groups [that] continue to take actions that directly threaten Americans and American interests in the Middle East."</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/no-impunity-for-ransomware-criminals/7868037.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="No Impunity for Ransomware Criminals"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-ff06-08db990fc150_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, March 21, 2022." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-ff06-08db990fc150_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, March 21, 2022." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 18, 2024</span> <a href="/a/no-impunity-for-ransomware-criminals/7868037.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="No Impunity for Ransomware Criminals"> No Impunity for Ransomware Criminals </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">"The United States implores states not to follow Russia’s practice in protecting international cybercriminals," said U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Neuberger.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/the-pervasive-threat-of-ransomware/7865437.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="The Pervasive Threat of Ransomware"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/fe37b4db-f70e-4816-953e-8a9691520da5_cx0_cy9_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) A member of a group of hackers uses his computer at the group's office in Dongguan, China, Aug. 4, 2020." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/fe37b4db-f70e-4816-953e-8a9691520da5_cx0_cy9_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) A member of a group of hackers uses his computer at the group's office in Dongguan, China, Aug. 4, 2020." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 15, 2024</span> <a href="/a/the-pervasive-threat-of-ransomware/7865437.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="The Pervasive Threat of Ransomware"> The Pervasive Threat of Ransomware </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“This same connectivity that brings us together also exposes countries around the world to significant cyber threat,” said Deputy National Security Advisor Neuberger. “Ransomware is one of the most pervasive and damaging of these threats.”</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-s-dangerous-hypocritical-game/7862649.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Russia's Dangerous, Hypocritical Game"> <div 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title="Russia's Dangerous, Hypocritical Game"> Russia's Dangerous, Hypocritical Game </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“Russia’s actions with respect to the DPRK are not only dangerous, but they are antithetical to its responsibility as a permanent member of this UN Security Council," said Ambassador Wood.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/boosting-global-health-systems/7862623.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Boosting Global Health Systems"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-f11b-08dcc8ffb2ff_cx0_cy10_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) A mother of four children, gestures as she is photographed at the village of Binmar, Chad, Friday, July 19, 2024." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-f11b-08dcc8ffb2ff_cx0_cy10_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) A mother of four children, gestures as she is photographed at the village of Binmar, Chad, Friday, July 19, 2024." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >November 13, 2024</span> <a href="/a/boosting-global-health-systems/7862623.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Boosting Global Health Systems"> Boosting Global Health Systems </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“Because of that global effort to extend humanity’s greatest lifesaving innovations to the furthest reaches of the planet, in the last thirty years alone, maternal mortality fell by 40 percent, child mortality fell by 60 percent," said USAID Administrator Power.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> 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