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November 01, 2025
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

Welcome to your Saturday Daily.

As examples of 鈥渓iving with contradictions鈥 go, this one would appear to be a doozy: Signatories of the United Nations framework on climate change will burn literally tons of jet fuel to get to Bel茅m, Brazil, and the gateway to the Amazon. This is not a one-off. Big climate confabs have increasingly become climate-unfriendly affairs, our Rio de Janeiro-based reporter explains, even if the work they support matters.

Her story is a quick, smart read to end a week in which the U.N. said the world has effectively missed a target of holding global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels; Bill Gates made a case for a position between the poles of alarmism and denial on climate, stressing ; and new data from Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute pointed to the outsize contribution to emissions of the wealthiest 0.1%. Lots to talk about in Bel茅m.


Also: If you missed Monday鈥檚 audio interview with Taylor Luck by our editor, here it is again as a 鈥淲hy We Wrote This鈥 episode, with bonus material: excerpts from Taylor鈥檚 earlier appearances.


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Workarounds have shielded most Americans from the government shutdown鈥檚 effects, but program interruptions might soon test public patience and political will.

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Gis猫le Pelicot (center) attends a hearing in an appeal trial filed by one of the 51 people convicted in a mass rape trial, at the courthouse in Nimes, France, Oct. 8, 2025.

For many years, women鈥檚 advocates in France have been frustrated by the absence of consideration of consent within the country鈥檚 rape and sexual assault laws. That鈥檚 finally changed, thanks in large part to Gis猫le Pelicot.

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Bekah Harmon plays with her sons Levi (back left), and Cody, at their home in Evans, Colorado, Sept. 19, 2025. Ms. Harmon searched for a church that was both a good fit with her faith and included other women her age. She found one in nearby Greeley.

For the first time, more young women 鈥 not young men 鈥 are leaving churches.聽But traditional religious practice still appeals to some.聽In this installment of our occasional series on women of faith, one Colorado 海角大神 explains why she remains grounded in her church community.

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People visit a multi-sensory installation at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 9, ahead of COP30 held in Brazil.

The United Nations鈥 climate conference, COP30, launches Nov. 10 in Bel茅m, on the edge of Brazil鈥檚 Amazon. A growing chorus of voices is asking, Should it?

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What happens when a crying baby reigns over a long flight? The community pulls together. Our essayist offers a heartwarming reminder that trying circumstances can bring out the best in all of us.


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Astronauts Zhang Hongzhang, Wu Fei, and Zhang Lu wave during a ceremony before the launch of the Shenzhou-21聽spaceflight on its mission to聽China鈥檚 Tiangong聽space聽station, at聽Jiuquan聽Satellite聽Launch聽Center in northwestern China,聽Oct. 31, 2025. Docking with the space station took just 3.5 hours 鈥 much less time than on previous missions, according to China Manned Space Agency. Team activities on the six-month mission are expected to include tai chi and gardening. Four mice are aboard, a first for China, which will study the rodents' adaptive changes in space environments.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte. )

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