"The World in 2:00"

By Luke N. Vargas

The day's top global headlines in 120 seconds. Presented by Luke Vargas at U.N. Headquarters in New York. Nationally syndicated by Talk Media News.... more

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May 05, 2016 The EU proposes a new refugee resettlement quota system
Citizen investigators link the downing of MH17 with a Buk missile system owned by the Russian military, and the European Commission unveils a new quota system for distributing refugees between 28 countries.
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May 05, 2016 David Cameron says EU work consumes only 15 percent of day
David Cameron is making the case to stay in the EU ahead of a June referendum, and he used parliamentary testimony Wednesday to tout the EU's benefits, while stressing EU business doesn't eat up his time
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May 03, 2016 US pushes Russia, Assad to renew Syria ceasefire
Secretary of John Kerry is lobbying his Russian counterpart to
persuade the Assad government to revitalize a collapsing February
ceasefire agreement.
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April 29, 2016 Hospital attack threatens return to all-out war in Syria
A Syrian government airstrike on a pediatric hospital in Aleppo
symbolizes Syria's steady return to all-out war after a February
ceasefire.
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April 29, 2016 Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
Colombia's constitutional court makes a historic ruling, China
blocks U.S. Navy vessels from Hong Kong and a weasel shuts down the
Hadron Collider.
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April 28, 2016 Nigerian pirates up their game
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea have launched more than 40 attacks
this year, including an increasing number of kidnappings against
international seamen.
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April 26, 2016 Socialist Ecuador mulls selling state assets to fund quake recovery
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa weighs emergency measures to
pay for a multi-billion dollar recovery effort, and the U.N. says
more than 60 million are affected by the ongoing El Niño cycle.
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April 25, 2016 Hues of Trump in Filipino presidential race
Rodrigo Duterte is enraging his opponents and stirring up
controversy, but he's sitting pretty in the polls.
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April 23, 2016 170+ nations sign on to the Paris climate agreement
The United States and more than 170 other countries sign on to the 2015 Paris climate change agreement during a New York ceremony.
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April 22, 2016 For Queen's 90th bday, campaigners call to end monarchy
The British group 'Republic' is marking Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday by repeating its call to abolish the monarchy and create a new, elected head of state.
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The podcast currently has 736 episodes available.