BERLIN — Holocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony as Jews worldwide worry about the Israel-Hamas war and a spike of antisemitism in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.
DUBAI — It’s the killer detail in international climate talks: Consensus. With nearly 200 nations of different sizes, economies, political systems, resources and needs, they all have to find common ground if they are going to save the one common ground they share — planet Earth.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Countries at United Nations-led climate talks moved closer to reaching a final deal on Monday, but critics condemned it as a watered-down agreement that won't stop dangerous climate change. More than 100 countries have called to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels, and the draft text doesn't do it.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Leaders from across West Africa say they now recognize the junta in power in Niger and are seeking a short transition period to civilian rule.
LUSAKA — Eleven informal miners have been confirmed dead and their bodies retrieved from an open-pit copper mine in Zambia after landslides buried them in tunnels last month. One survivor has been found but up to 26 others remain missing and are feared dead nearly two weeks after the disaster.
CAIRO — Sudan’s warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war, an African regional bloc said Sunday.
African leaders have demanded peacekeepers’ withdrawal from Mali to Congo
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Battles are raging across Gaza as Israel indicates it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers. A key mediator says willingness to discuss a cease-fire is fading.
NAIROBI — A nationwide power blackout hit Kenya Sunday evening, paralyzing large parts of the country, including the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, a major transport hub connecting East Africa to Asia, Europe and other parts of the world.
DUBAI - Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they could walk and what their signs could portray.
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper.
European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.
WASHINGTON — When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships in the southern Red Sea last weekend, it triggered an immediate question: Will the U.S. military strike back?
GOMA — Armed rebels seized a town in eastern Congo on Thursday after violently clashing with the army, which has taken on an expanded role as peacekeeping forces withdraw from the mineral-rich, conflict-stricken region.
The College Board, a United States testing company, on Wednesday released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the nonprofit came under intense scrutiny for engaging with conservative critics.
AMAKO — Authorities are warning that Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation already struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun a trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, hoping to shore up support in the Mideast from two major oil producers allied to the U.S. as his war on Ukraine grinds on.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants across Gaza after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city. The fighting further shrinks the area where Palestinians can seek safety and has largely halted the distribution of vital aid.
BRUSSELS - Europe faces a “huge risk of terrorist attacks" over the Christmas holiday period due to the fallout from the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the European Union's home affairs commissioner warned Tuesday.
Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person.
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