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Russia launches first missile attack on Kyiv in months as North Korean troops fight Ukraine in Kursk

Authorities say Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days.

US says it intends to shore up support for Ukraine until Trump takes office

Middle East latest: 3 young siblings killed in Gaza as Israeli strikes leave 6 dead in Lebanon

Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands

Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say

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France’s Marine Le Pen rejects embezzlement claims as presidential bid hangs in the balance

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has thrown in recent weeks all her energy at a Paris trial into fighting what she calls unfair accusations that her party embezzled European Parliament funds.

Voting underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years and comes as the Horn of Africa region is experiencing political tension.

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Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms

Indonesia and Australia hold joint military drills after signing new defense agreement

The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java on Wednesday, with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations. (AP video produced by Andi Riccardi)

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Children brought from Gaza to Lebanon to heal from war wounds now caught in another conflict

Volcano on remote Indonesia island continues to belch hot ash after deadly eruption

Israel-Hamas war

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Israel’s military is building along UN-patrolled demilitarized zone in Syria, satellite images show

Russia-Ukraine war

NATO’s Rutte calls for more Western support for Ukraine, warns of Russian alliances

Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent talks on Ukraine after Trump’s election

Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile kill 6, injure 30 in Ukraine

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

Wall Street makes wagers on the likely winners and losers in a second Trump term

Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy and markets.

A diminished Biden heads to APEC summit in Peru, overshadowed by China’s Xi

US inflation may have picked up in October after months of easing

Infowars auction could determine whether Alex Jones is kicked off its platforms

Argentina’s monthly inflation drops to 2.7%, the lowest level in 3 years

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The Berlin Wall: A divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today

A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Spain’s king stood his ground under a mud barrage. What will the iconic moment mean for his reign?

UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party

Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert

Images capture exact moments an Israeli missile strikes building in Beirut

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Mexico announces food and agriculture plan that could take the country back to the 1980s

Europe

Russia launches first missile attack on Kyiv in months as North Korean troops fight Ukraine in Kursk

Asia

Residents in a southern Chinese city mourn 35 people killed in a car-ramming attack at sports center

Latin America

A diminished Biden heads to APEC summit in Peru, overshadowed by China’s Xi

Middle East

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

Africa

In Africa, meager expectations and some hopes for a second Trump presidency

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Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines

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China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines

China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea.

Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

Iran’s state media say authorities have executed in public a man convicted of raping dozens of women over two decades.

Indonesia and Australia hold joint military drills after signing a new defense agreement

The Indonesian and Australian militaries are holding joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations.

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

The United Nations’ annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.

Stock market today: World stocks mixed after Wall Street momentum slows with cooling Trump trade

European markets opened higher on Wednesday while Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower as momentum cooled for the torrid “Trump trade” that swept U.S. markets following Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

Chinese hackers target Tibetan websites in malware attack, cybersecurity group says

A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users’ computers.

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year.

British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins the Booker Prize for fiction

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Wander Franco charged with illegally carrying a gun in the altercation that led to his arrest

Dominican Republic prosecutors say Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was charged with illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during the altercation in a parking lot that led to his arrest over the weekend.

Argentina’s monthly inflation drops to 2.7%, the lowest level in 3 years

Argentina’s inflation has slowed to 2.7% in October, the lowest level in three years in a win for the libertarian government of President Javier Milei.

Catholic church confirms altar boy was one of 2 minors killed outside church in Mexico’s Gulf coast

The Roman Catholic church has confirmed that an altar boy was one of two minors killed outside a church on Mexico’s Gulf coast.

Who is Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and why did he resign during an abuse scandal?

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has resigned amid the fallout from a long-running abuse scandal.

Trump builds out national security team with picks of Hegseth for Pentagon, Noem for DHS

President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.

After hosting World Cup, Qatar praised by UN rights body for labor law reforms but urged to do more

Qatar has been praised at the United Nations’ top human rights body for improving labor laws before the 2022 World Cup.

Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after no contact with her family for 20 months

Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months without any communication from her, and has met with her father.

Florence cracks down on overtourism just as Italy hosts G7 tourist ministers in Renaissance city

The city of Florence is taking new measures to crack down on overtourism. The city government approved a 10-point plan that, among other things, would ban keyboxes on buildings in Florence’s historic center as well as the use there of loudspeakers by tour guides.

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports

French farmers have protested against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods.

Head of UN nuclear watchdog: ‘Dire straits dynamic’ with Iran’s nuclear program amid Mideast wars

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this week to meet with officials including its new president.

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

Proposed assisted dying bill for England and Wales rekindles debate over choice and ethics

Details about a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month.

Trump has promised to ‘save TikTok’. What happens next is less clear

After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe.

Women switched at birth sue Norway

An elderly mother and two grown up girls who were accidentally switched at birth are suing the Norwegian state.

Canada moves to end port lockouts and orders binding arbitration

Canada’s Labor Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end lockouts at the country’s two biggest ports after the negotiations reached an impasse.

Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan wrap production on ‘Outlander’

“Outlander” is returning with the concluding episodes of its seventh season this month, but its stars have already wrapped official production on the show’s eighth and final season.

A bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18

Officials say a bus carrying wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people.

Q&A: Lashana Lynch is on the hunt for Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’

Lashana Lynch has been running away from spies since she starred in James Bond film “No Time To Die.”

France summons Israeli ambassador over diplomatic incident in Jerusalem

France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Israel’s ambassador following an incident involving Israeli security forces during a visit last week by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to Jerusalem.

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found he failed to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became awar

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

A doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled the Nazis and became a major artist, dies at 93

Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th century, has died at age 93.