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At UN climate talks, nations blast draft of vague deal on climate cash for developing countries

By SETH BORENSTEIN, SIBI ARASU and MICHAEL PHILLIS
Nov 21, 2024 7:25 am - Countries of the world took turns rejecting a new but vague draft text released early Thursday which attempts to form the spine of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change.
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Nov 21, 2024 7:21 am - U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court foun...
Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole

By KATE BRUMBACK
Nov 20, 2024 10:34 am - The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.
Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon

By TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Nov 20, 2024 10:20 am - Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon's Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire deal, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement.
Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling car into South Carolina lake

By JEFFREY COLLINS
Nov 20, 2024 8:16 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing ...
US will allow Ukraine to use American antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Nov 20, 2024 8:02 am - The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield progress in the war, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, as the U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv stayed closed after a threat of a major Russian aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital.
Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Nov 19, 2024 7:53 am - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles.
US envoy says a truce in Lebanon is ‘within our grasp’ as Gaza’s food crisis worsens after looting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, WAFAA SHURAFA and FATMA KHALED
Nov 19, 2024 7:38 am - A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. There was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis.
Russia says Ukraine fired 6 US-made ATACMS at the Bryansk region, days after Biden policy shift

By The Associated Press
Nov 19, 2024 7:12 am - Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after U.S. President Joe Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian use of American-made weapons in the war that has reached its 1,000-day milestone.
Georgia appeals court cancels hearing in election interference case against Trump

By KATE BRUMBACK
Nov 18, 2024 8:06 pm - ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County Di...

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