Newsletter Sep 12, 2023

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Americans continue to remember 9/11 22 years after attacks
Bells were rung and the names of nearly 3,000 people were read out Monday in somber ceremonies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to mark the 22nd anniversary of Al-Qaeda's attack on the US. Vice President Kamala Harris and current and former mayors of New York joined victims' families at the 9/11 memorial on the site of the World Trade Center twin towers brought down by two aircraft flown by hijackers. President Joe Biden, who was traveling back from a visit to Vietnam, marked the anniversary later Monday from a US military base in Anchorage, Alaska.
HOW AMERICANS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF 9/11

Despite efforts, Colombia sets record for cocaine production
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine producer, set a new record last year for the manufacture of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf, which was 13% higher last year than in 2021. Meanwhile, cocaine production rose from 1,400 tons to 1,738 -- the highest numbers since the UN started monitoring in 2001. Most Colombian cocaine is destined for the US and Europe.
WHY COLOMBIA'S COCAINE TRADE CONTINUES TO THRIVE

Red Cross forced to make more cuts amid increased demand
The Red Cross said Monday that shrinking funding would force it to make further cuts, after already slashing 1,500 jobs this year, amid efforts to avoid reducing humanitarian assistance worldwide. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it expects to have to make cuts due to a 13% smaller budget for 2024 than its already shrunken 2023 one despite higher demand.
HOW THE RED CROSS IS HANDLING MAJOR BUDGET CUTS

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Kim Jong Un heads to Russia for arms talks

North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un would visit Russia "in the coming days" and meet President Vladimir Putin, with the reclusive leader's armored train reportedly on its way to the border. Experts suggest that Putin is seeking artillery shells and antitank missiles from North Korea for Moscow's war in Ukraine, while Kim is reportedly in search of advanced technology for satellites and nuclear-powered submarines, as well as food aid for his impoverished nation.

SEE THE REACTION OF THE US TO NORTH KOREA-RUSSIA DEAL

US holds drills with Armenia amid Russia rift

The US and Armenia opened military drills on Monday, the latest sign of Yerevan drifting from Moscow's orbit as Russia's invasion of Ukraine reshapes post-Soviet relations. The exercises come amid mounting frustration in Armenia over what it sees as Russia's failure to act as a security guarantor amid mounting tensions with rival Azerbaijan. The US military said the drills would help Armenia's 12th Peacekeeping Brigade meet NATO standards ahead of an evaluation later this year.

SEE RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO ARMENIA'S MOVE TO THE WEST

Explorer Dickey rescued from Turkish cave

An international team of rescuers on Tuesday pulled to safety a US explorer who spent nine days trapped deep in the narrow tunnels of a Turkish cave with internal bleeding. Mark Dickey developed stomach problems while examining the depths of the Morca Cave, a remote complex of twisting underground passageways in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains. An international team of 200 rescuers began to cautiously pull Dickey to safety after first giving him infusions of blood.

HOW RESCUE CREWS SAVED DICKEY FROM EXTREME DEPTHS

Extra point

What is the depth of the deepest known cave on Earth? Where is it?

Monday's answer: Philip Astley, the Father of the American Circus, fellow equestrian John Bill Ricketts and his horse Cornplanter brought the first circus to the US by performing in Philadelphia in 1793.

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