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16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg harshly rebuked world leaders for refusing to address the climate crisis in a blistering set of remarks at the United Nations on Monday. Greta Thunberg to world leaders at #UNGA summit: "We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!" https://t.co/zw7CvJOORP pic.twitter.com/4yOov0dpga— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) September 23, 2019 Greta Thunberg at #UNGA: "This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be in school on...

A theatrical President Donald Trump thrilled attendees at Friday’s annual NRA convention by delivering a surprise announcement. Trump pulled out a pen and signed an order effectively removing the United States from a global gun trade treaty. Despite a huge increase in mass shootings and global warfare, the crowd went wild. The United Nations treaty, advocated for by President Barack Obama toward the end of his term, regulates the sale and trade of conventional weapons, “from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships.” The UN’s page on the...