Nation and World
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Palestinian diplomat appeals for Gaza truce to be extended as EU and Arab nations meet in Spain
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain - The top Palestinian diplomat made a plea Monday to extend the fragile cease-fire in Gaza, hours ahead of its scheduled expiry, at a meeting of Europea...
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A watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Sudan's Darfur civilians
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - CAIRO - An international watchdog urged the United Nations Security Council on Monday to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan's Darfur region after the lat...
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Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper U.S. roots strive for work permits
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - HOMESTEAD, Fla. - In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In Chicago, a provider of mental heal...
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North Korea restores border guard posts as tensions rise over its satellite launch, Seoul says
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea's militar...
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Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for two more days, and to free more hostages and prisoners
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, the Qatari government said, raising the prospect of a longer halt to...
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Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce i...
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As Trump's fraud trial eyes his sweeping financial reports, executive says they're not done anymore
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump's company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executiv...
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Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight her reach as first lady, humanitarian and small-town Baptist
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - AMERICUS, Ga. - Hundreds turned out to salute Rosalynn Carter on Monday as the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian made her final journey from her rural homet...
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How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - Amid record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to cur...
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Biden says he's helped lower inflation as he hosts first meeting of his new supply chain council
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Monday opened the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council by warning companies against price gouging and saying that his...