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Thursday, November 30, 2023

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Palestinians cook bread by their destroyed homes in the Gaza Strip Wednesday during the temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday.

Mediators look to extend truce in Gaza on its final day, with one more hostage swap planned

International mediators appeared to make progress Wednesday on extending the truce in Gaza, encouraging the territory's Hamas rulers to keep freeing hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners and further respite from Israel's air and ground offensive. It will otherwise expire within a day.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a news conference Wednesday following the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting on Ukraine at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Blinken seeks a new extension of the Gaza cease-fire as he heads again to the Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new extension of the cease-fire agreement in Israel's war with Hamas after the current one expires to secure the release of additional hostages held by the militant group and to ramp up humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
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.
This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee, shows President Donald Trump recording a video statement on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Trump’s lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing their client from the horde of U.S. Capitol rioters, whom the former president has embraced on the campaign trail.
Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants. In his election interference case in Washington, his lawyers are taking a different tack.
President Joe Biden greets Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, front, as he arrives Tuesday on Air Force One at Denver International Airport in Denver.
Biden targets GOP Rep. Boebert in her district in a fresh political attack on Republicans
President Joe Biden will try to turn Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado into the embodiment of Republican opposition to his agenda as he visits her congressional district on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests.
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange Commission
Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
The global economy, which has proved surprisingly resilient this year, is expected to falter next year under the strain of wars, still-elevated inflation and continued high interest rates.
The world economy will slow next year because of inflation, high rates and war, OECD says
The global economy, which has proved surprisingly resilient this year, is expected to falter next year under the strain of wars, still-elevated inflation and continued high interest rates.
General Motors says pretax earnings took a $1.1 billion hit this year from a six-week strike by autoworkers, but the company expects to absorb the costs of a new contract and is even raising its dividend. The Detroit automaker on Wednesday reinstated its full-year earnings forecast that was withdrawn after the United Auto Workers began targeting the factories of Detroit automakers with strikes on Sept. 15.
GM says it can handle rising labor costs as it announces huge share buyback and dividend increase
Clearly frustrated with its languishing share price, General Motors on Wednesday announced a massive stock buyback plan, raised its dividend and told investors it can absorb increased labor costs from a six-week autoworkers strike.
Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience Wednesday at the Vatican.
An ailing Pope Francis tells the public he's better than a day earlier but has aides read speeches
Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but he said that he's still unwell and asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip.
An aerial view shows a May 2022 camp of internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso. Videos published by the state-run RTB Television Tuesday showed large groups of people riding motorcycles around a swathe of desert land as they appeared to be running from aerial bombardments. It was not immediately clear the number of civilians and security forces killed during the Sunday attack near Mali’s border and involving about 3,000 rebels, according to the broadcaster. The Associated Press could not confirm the authenticity of the videos.
At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso's hard-hit northern region, the United Nations' rights office said, calling the attack a war crime.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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