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November 30, 2023
Rosalynn Carter Eulogized at Funeral By Family and Friends

PLAINS, Georgia - With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends at her funeral in Plains, Georgia, the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born. The intimate gathering took place at Maranatha Baptist Church.
November 29, 2023
Algerian Media Passes Law to Protect Media Freedom

ALGIERS - Algeria's National Council passed a new media law that officials hailed as a major victory for the country's journalists as concerns about press freedoms have plagued President Abdelmajid Tebboune's first term in office.
November 28, 2023
Jimmy Carter, US Presidents Attend Memorial Service for Rosalynn Carter

ATLANTA—Former US president Jimmy Carter, 99, made a rare public appearance on Tuesday to join his successors Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and all five living first ladies at the memorial service for his wife Rosalynn.
November 28, 2023
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter: Power Couple, Best Friends, Life Mates

PLAINS, Georgia — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple. But they were also best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. The former first lady died November 19 at age 96. Family and friends are remembering their bond as a love story that impacted the world. She was his indispensable business partner, then his closest political adviser.
November 28, 2023
Freed Israeli Hostage Recounts Conditions in Captivity

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and captives became hungry.
November 28, 2023
Biden Urges Israel to Limit Civilian Displacement in Gaza

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has told Israel that it must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza if it renews a ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group.
November 28, 2023
Soil Scientists Work to Improve Food Production in Amazon Rainforest

TEKOHAW, Brazil —Agriculturalists say saving the remaining Amazon rainforest in Brazil will require ensuring that the 28 million people who live there can sustainably make a living. - That includes simple low-cost farming practices, such as planting legumes to enrich soil with nitrogen, to help farmers get more out of already cleared areas.
November 27, 2023
Kenya Urges People in Flood Prone Areas to Relocate Amid Heavy Rains, Increasing Death Toll

NAIROBI — The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa.
November 27, 2023
Sierra Leone Calm after Attack on Military Barracks

ABUJA, Nigeria — Sierra Leone's president said most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested and normalcy had returned across the country after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown.
November 26, 2023
Hamas Releases 17 Hostages Amid Efforts to Extend Cease-Fire

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaz Strip — The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is back on track as the militant group freed 17 more hostages. Those included 14 Israelis and the first American, a 4-year-old girl with dual Israeli citizenship.
November 26, 2023
Marrakech Festival Highlights American, Arab, African Cinema

MARRAKECH, Morocco — The Marrakech International Film Festival began on Friday, bringing American and international movie stars to the Arab world as war in the Middle East has led to the cancellation of other film festivals.
November 26, 2023
DRC Nobel Laureate Kicks Off Presidential Campaign

GOMA, Congo — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has kicked off his campaign for next month’s presidential election. He's promising to tackle corruption and the violent conflict upending lives in the country’s eastern region.
November 26, 2023
Israel-Gaza Hostages Released, Hamas Commander Killed

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip— The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but the swap followed an hourslong delay that underscored the truce's fragility.
November 25, 2023
Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin, Convicted in George Floyd's Killing, Stabbed in Prison

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in the U.S. state of Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
November 25, 2023
South Africa, Colombia, Others Fight Drugmakers Over Access to TB and HIV drugs

CAPE TOWN — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing back on policies that deny cheap treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV.
November 25, 2023
West African Countries Launch Campaigns Against Diphtheria

ABUJA — Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks, including in Nigeria where a top health official said Thursday that millions are being vaccinated to cover wide gaps in immunity against the disease.
November 24, 2023
Israeli Media: Hamas Has Released 13 Israeli Hostages

Hamas on Friday released a group of hostages held captive in Gaza for weeks, including 13 Israelis, according to officials and media reports, the first stage in a swap for Palestinians prisoners in Israel under a four-day cease-fire deal.
November 24, 2023
WHO Confirms Sexual Spread of Mpox in DRC for First Time Amid Outbreak

LONDON — The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time, as the country's experiences its biggest-ever outbreak.
November 24, 2023
Israel, Hamas Four-Day Cease-Fire Begins

DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA — A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began Friday, allowing sorely needed aid to start flowing into Gaza and setting the stage for the release of dozens of hostages held by militants and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
November 24, 2023
Drought, Parched Environments Lead to Conflict Between People, Animals in Zimbabwe

GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE — In a remote southeastern corner of Zimbabwe, people watched from cars or towers in an annual wildlife census, peering through binoculars at animals coming to drink at waterholes and jotting down notes, often by torchlight.

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