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Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts

Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts

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Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world.

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As a tribute to Lou Reed, who died on October 27, the Parisian contemporary art museum Fondation Cartier released, for the first time, a video of Lou Reed and fellow former Velvet Underground member John Cale playing a gig in the museum's park on June 15, 1990. Lou and John were joined on stage by their other former Velvet fellows Moe Tucker et Sterling Morrison, marking a surprise reunion of the legendary New York band.

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The Ukraine War, A Perfect Case Of The Limits Of The UN

Global politics have gotten in the way of humanitarian aid when it comes to the flooding in Ukraine. Zelensky points the finger towards a deep, structural UN shortcoming.

Rescue Operations Save Residents Of Ukraine's Flooded Kherson Region Following Kakhovka Dam Destruction

Members of Ukraine's police force, military, and emergency services have been leading efforts to evacuate people - and in some cases, their beloved pets.

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Pierre Haski

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PARIS – Humanitarian disasters often reveal political contradictions. The catastrophic floods caused by the partial destruction of the Kakhova dam on the Dnipro River, in southern Ukraine, are a case in point.

First, there is the now expected oppposition between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders' reactions. Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky – as he has done since the beginning of the war – was on the ground, among the civilians in distress, despite ongoing Russian bombardments.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the other hand, was filmed in the Kremlin talking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, accusing Ukraine of being behind the disaster. Two distinct atmospheres, two political styles.

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