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U.S. Consulate Lahore staff and participants including Maryum Saifee, second from right, in the ATX+PAK entrepreneurship program at the Mix festival in Lahore, Pakistan, an event inspired by Austin's SXSW events.

State Department Should Be More Diverse And Engaged Across U.S., Report Says

The Biden administration pledges a foreign policy that delivers to middle-class Americans. Linking up to locales across the country — outside D.C. — could help with that, according to a new report.

Gargoyles watch over the streets of Paris from the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 1996.

How Notre Dame, 'Vast Symphony In Stone,' Weaves Its Way Through Parisian History

Victor Hugo wrote Notre Dame de Paris, or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in the 19th century to draw attention to the cathedral, which had fallen into neglect and disrepair. It worked.

Catholics gathered in front of Warsaw's church of Holy Cross in an anti-LGBT protest in May.

Local Governments In Poland Rescind Anti-LGBT Resolutions, Fearing Loss Of EU Funding

In 2019, more than 100 provinces and municipalities in Poland passed resolutions declaring they were "LGBT-free." They're backing down as the EU warns it will cut off funding to local governments.

Protesters gather Tuesday in Paris. Thousands of people defied a police ban and converged on the main Paris courthouse for a demonstration to show solidarity with U.S. protesters and to denounce the death of a black man in French police custody.

'No Justice In France, Either': French Protest Police Killings In U.S. And At Home

Demonstrators this week said they were rallying for "our brother" in the U.S. as well as Adama Traoré, who died in police custody in 2016.

PJ: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Los Angeles songwriter shines on the soundtrack of HBO's Insecure. Watch her perform three songs as part of our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

"I feel completely devastated, lost, broken, angry, confused and betrayed," says middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan, announcing her four-year ban from international competition.

An Olympic Hopeful Says Her Burrito Is To Blame For Her Positive Drug Test

Shelby Houlihan says her positive test for the steroid nandrolone followed a visit to a food truck for a pork burrito, and is pointing to studies that show nandrolone occurs naturally in some pigs.

People look up at the damage caused to Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in Paris. A fire broke out on Monday afternoon and quickly spread across the building, causing the famous spire to collapse.

Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Extinguished; Spire Collapsed, Towers Still Standing

The building burned for hours on Monday, with smoke billowing into the sky. The cause of the cathedral's blaze was not immediately known, but the initial investigation points to an accident.

Power company Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system in New Orleans after hurricanes repeatedly damaged the city's electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave.

Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans' Power Grid. Residents Paid The Price

Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system after hurricanes repeatedly damaged its electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave.

Wilma Banks, who lives in the neighborhood of New Orleans East, sits on her bed next to her nebulizer and CPAP machine. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, when much of New Orleans was left without power, she wasn't able to power up the medical devices and had only her limited supply of inhalers to widen her airways.

Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans' Power Grid. Residents Paid the Price

Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system after hurricanes repeatedly damaged its electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave.

H.R. McMaster, then President Donald Trump's national security adviser, attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 25, 2018. In an NPR interview, McMaster says the United States and its allies need to "compete more effectively" with China.

Ex-Trump National Security Adviser Urges 'A Different Approach' To China

In an NPR interview, H.R. McMaster says the United States and its allies need to compete more effectively with China. He also urges a multinational approach for dealing with Beijing militarily.

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