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The NewsWorthy

UN General Assembly, Travelers Stranded & Amazon Earbuds - Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Tuesday, September 24th, 2019!

World leaders are gathering in New York City: what to expect today and what's already happened.

Also, we're talking about why 600,000 travelers are stranded, an Olympic controversy, and the new device expected soon from Amazon...

 Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

Today's episode is brought to you by Blinkist.

Thanks to The NewsWorthy INSIDERS for your support! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider 

 

Sources:

UN General Assembly: NPR, Politico, Washington Post, AP, Al Jazeera

UN Climate Summit: CBS News, NYT, USA Today, Washington Post

Travel Company Collapse: Vox, CNN, NBC News, Reuters

Tropical Storm Karen: USA Today, Weather Channel, ABC News

Puerto Rico Quake: AP 

Russia Banned?: ESPN, The Guardian

Apple in US: WSJ, Axios, CNN

Amazon Alexa Earbuds: CNBC, The Verge

Google Play Pass: 9to5Mac, WSJ 

Emmy Viewership: Variety, Deadline, AP

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, September 24th.

0:02.2

World leaders are gathering in New York City what to expect today

0:05.7

and what's already getting lots of attention,

0:08.0

and why 600,000 travelers are now stranded.

0:11.8

Plus the country that could be banned from the 2020 Olympics

0:14.8

and the new kind of device expected soon from Amazon.

0:20.0

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:24.4

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:27.0

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:28.0

Thanks so much for being here.

0:30.0

You ready?

0:31.0

Let's do this.

0:38.0

President Trump is returning to the world's biggest stage today. He's speaking before world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

0:42.0

This is his third time doing this.

0:44.0

NPR reports he might have a tough audience though. Some world leaders have said

0:48.4

that while the US is still powerful, it's losing its spot as a global leader, at least in part because of President Trump's

0:55.1

America First theme. He's also pulling the US out of some international agreements.

0:59.8

At the same time though, Politico reports world leaders will be listening in for what Trump says about things like the US trade war with China, since that has a big impact on the global economy.

1:11.0

And what he says about the Middle East, especially when it comes to Iran.

1:15.0

Remember, the U.S. and now some other countries blame Iran for the recent attack on oil sites in Saudi Arabia,

1:21.0

which impacted the global oil supply.

1:24.6

Ukraine is also a hot topic this week.

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