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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers work Thursday at the scene of a building damaged by shelling in Novogrodivka, Ukraine.

Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine tear through buildings and bury families in rubble

Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, local officials said Thursday, killing at least one person and burying families under rubble as the Kremlin's forces continued to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons.
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks Thursday during the opening session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive, under fire, takes over climate talks

Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say are contradictory dual roles.
A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, Ford said Thursday.

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, the automaker said Thursday.
Henry Kissinger walks the floor during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
Associated Press/Nov. 11, 2022 Mitzi Jonelle Tan of the Philippines, center, participates in a Fridays for Future protest calling for money for climate action at the 2022 COP27 U.N. Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought
Nearly all the world's nations on Thursday finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year's U.N. climate conference.
China’s President Xi Jinping, right, listens to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who led the China-U. S Track Two Dialogue, during a 2015 meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday. He was 100.
Global leaders pay tribute to Henry Kissinger, but his record also draws criticism
Global leaders paid tribute to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Thursday, but there was also sharp criticism of the man who remained an influential figure decades after his official service as one of the most powerful diplomats in American history.
Shane McGowan performs live on stage at the Fleadh 2002 Music festival in Finsbury Park in London. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died. He was 65. His family said in a statement that “it is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan.” The singer died peacefully early Thursday with his family by his side, the statement added.
Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65
Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.
Russian Supreme Court judge Oleg Nefedov leads a hearing Thursday in the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow. Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. The court sided with the Justice Ministry, which filed a lawsuit this month demanding an LGBTQ+ “movement” in Russia to be labeled extremist. Rights activists argue the move opens the way for a broad crackdown on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of this movement.
Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling
Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.
Somalia maritime police from PMPF patrol Sunday in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of semi-autonomous Puntland State in Somalia. Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week.
Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
Somalia's maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week.
Associated Press A Japan’s Coast Guard vessel and a helicopter conduct search and rescue operation Wednesday around the site where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was believed to crash in the sea off southern Japan. Japan’s Coast Guard has found a person and debris in the ocean where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan, officials said.
U.S. Air Force Osprey crashes off Japan during training, killing at least one of the eight on board
A U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday off the country's southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members, the Japanese coast guard said.
Maranatha Baptist Church, where the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter will be held, Wednesday in Plains, Georgia. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96.
Rosalynn Carter set for funeral and burial in the town where she and her husband were born
Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians.
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022 — by more than a year — after plunging two straight years at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new government report released Wednesday. The rise was mainly due to the waning of the pandemic in 2022, researchers said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
U.S. life expectancy rose last year -- by more than a year -- but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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