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I had a great conversation with Korea’s President@moonriver365  & his Special Envoys for Future Generations & Culture - @BTS_twt  They are so deeply committed to inspiring their fans to embrace the #GlobalGoals  and be the change our world so desperately needs. Video coming soon!

The popular Korean boy band #BTS  delivered a speech at the @UN  this morning highlighting climate change, inequality, and poverty. The speech and subsequent performance sparked an increase in Search@bts_bighit  #BTSatUNGAatUNGA 

Despite 103 years of advances, the Covid-19 pandemic has now killed more Americans than the 1918 flu pandemic did

BTS took center stage Monday at the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the fight against climate change.

Move over, Spanish flu. The #Covid19  pandemic has become the deadliest disease event in American history. The official death toll will surpass the 1918 fatality total in the next few hours. And the U.S. isn't done accruing Covid deaths, sadly.

Millions tune in as K-pop stars BTS address UN gathering.

Jen Psaki again struggles to explain why migrants crossing the border don’t have to prove vaccination while foreign travelers to the U.S. do. “It’s not the same thing. … They’re not intending to stay here for an extended period of time.”

DOOCY: "If somebody walks into the country across the river, does somebody ask to see their vaccination card?" @PressSecPsaki : "They are both assessed for if they have any symptoms... They're not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time. It's not the same thing."

Lava continues to flow slowly from a volcano that erupted in Spain’s Canary Islands off northwest Africa. More than 5,000 people on the island of La Palma have been evacuated from their homes.

The US is extending nonessential travel restrictions at land crossings with Canada and Mexico through October 21