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Monday, December 4, 2023

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The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court, with billions of dollars at stake

The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Associated Press The members of Japanese Coast Guard carry the debris which are believed to be from the crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft, at a port in Yakushima, Japan. Japanese and American military divers have spotted what could be the remains of a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan and several of the six crew members who are still missing, local media reported Monday.

Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, U.S. Air Force says

U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday.
A person holds a sign Monday demanding pay for loss and damage at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They've urged the COP28 climate summit to help

A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global warming.
Zambian Army special forces officers follow the rescue operation of miners on Sunday in Chingola, Zambia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday.

Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days

A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and presumed dead after heavy rain caused landslides.
FILE — Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they’re done “asking nicely” for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Biden's allies in Senate demand that Israel limit civilian deaths in Gaza as Congress debates U.S. aid
As a cease-fire ticked down last week and Israel prepared to resume its round-the-clock airstrikes, Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators had a message for their president: They were done "asking nicely" for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.
In this handout photo released by Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippines BRP Jose Rizal (FF150), right, and USS Gabriel Giffords (LCS 10) during a tactical exercise between Philippines and the United States in the West Philippine Sea. The Chinese military said on Monday that American naval ship USS Gabriel Giffords had “illegally intruded” on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
China says a U.S. Navy ship 'illegally intruded' into waters in the South China Sea
The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had "illegally intruded" on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young at the White House in Washington. On Monday, Young sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it.
U.S. is running out of money for Ukraine and that could hinder fight against Russia, White House warns
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv's war effort to defend itself from Russia's invasion may grind to a halt without it.
Associated Press Maxim Timchenko, CEO DTEK, from left, Kadri Simson, European commissioner for energy, Morten Dyrholm, of company Vestas, pose for a photo Monday at the Ukraine Pavilion at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ukrainian diplomats negotiate both climate change and Russia's war on their nation at COP28 in Dubai
While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia's war on the country lurks just in the background -- even as the United Arab Emirates has seen its business ties to Moscow surge despite Western sanctions.
Al Gore, former U.S. vice president, speaks to The Associated Press Sunday at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies' emissions pledges at U.N. summit
Don't trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the man running United Nations climate talks runs one of the "dirtiest" oil companies out there.
Visitors take in the massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in, Keystone, South Dakota. Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the nation’s most beloved natural areas.
Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the most beloved natural areas in the United States.
Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks at the 2022 Peace Forum in Paris. A shootout in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Friday was an attempted coup, Embalo said Sunday after a meeting with security forces, confirming fears over the latest threat to democracy in the increasingly volatile and coup-hit West Africa.
Guinea-Bissau's president dissolves the nation's parliament after last week's failed coup
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the West African nation's parliament, according to a presidential decree issued on Monday that cited last week's shootout which the government said was a failed coup.
FILE - A Ukrainian soldier sits in his position in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)
Kyiv says Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers. If confirmed, it would be a war crime
Ukrainian officials on Sunday accused Russian forces of killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers, a war crime if confirmed, after grainy footage on social media appeared to show two uniformed men being shot at close range after emerging from a dugout.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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