• Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott Dies at Age 86
  
  British politician John Prescott, a former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister, has died at age 86.Prescott's family announced his death on Thursday. They said the politician, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died peacefully in a...
• Shares in India's Adani Group Plunge 20% after US Bribery, Fraud Indictments
  
  Asia's controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies' stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that...
• At UN Climate Talks, a Draft of the Deal Gives Little Clarity on Climate Cash for Developing Nations
  
  A new draft text released early Thursday which will form the basis of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change left out a crucial sticking point: how much wealthy nations...
• Why People Are Protesting over a Deadly Roof Collapse in Serbia
  
  The deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a rail station in Serbia has raised tensions across the Balkan county, fueling widespread anger toward the government and protests after the failure claimed 15 lives in the northern city of Novi Sad.The station, a major hub, was...
• Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula Erupts for the 7th Time in a Year
  
  A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December.
• American and Australian Tourists Die, Raising Toll to 4 in Laos Alcohol Poisoning Incident
  
  An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, Australia's prime minister said Thursday, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four in the poisoning incident....
• Russia and China Oppose Changing the Kenya-led Force in Haiti to a UN Peacekeeping Mission
  
  Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.led campaign to transform the Kenyaled multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.The two allies called a U.N. Security Council meeting as gangs have intensified...
• A Social Media Ban for Children Younger than 16 Is Introduced in Australia's Parliament
  
  Australia's communications minister introduced a worldfirst law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents' toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X...
• Canada's Provincial Leaders Want a Free Trade Deal with the US That Excludes Mexico
  
  The leader of Canada's most populous province said Wednesday that all of the country's provincial and territorial governments want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico. Ontario...
• About 1,500 Migrants Form a New Caravan in Mexico. Here's What it Means
  
  About 1,500 migrants formed a new caravan Wednesday in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border. The migrants are mainly from Central and South America. Some say they are hoping to reach the United States before Donald Trump's inauguration in...
• Spain to Grant Residency, Work Permits to Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants in the Country Illegally
  
  Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants living in the country illegally each year for the next three years, the country's migration minister said Wednesday. The policy will take effect next May and aims to expand the country's aging workforce....
• Nicaragua's Ortega Proposes Reform to Make Him and His Wife 'copresidents'
  
  Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday proposed a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, "copresidents" of the Central American nation.While the initiative has to pass through the country's...
• Human Smuggling Trial Witness Says he Was Separated from a Family Hours before They Froze to Death
  
  An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.Canada border in blizzard conditions testified Wednesday that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death. Yash Patel took the stand on the third day of the trial of Indian...
• Bernie Sanders and Democrats Attempt to Block Some Weapons for Israel over Gaza Deaths
  
  Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders forced an effort in the Senate on Wednesday to block the sale of some offensive weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza over mounting civilian deaths there.The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats put legislation up for a Senate vote...
• Hezbollah: Israel 'Cannot Impose Conditions' for Truce
  
  Hezbollah's leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war.
• Thune to Israel: 'Reinforcements Are on the Way'
  
  Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune, R-S.D., said "Democrats have struggled" to support Israel and told the Jewish state that "reinforcements are on the way" as Republicans prepare to take over the majority in the upper chamber in January.
• Brazil’s Lula Welcomes China's Xi for State Visit as Ties between Countries Strengthen
  
  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China's President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to the...
• US Sending Antipersonnel Land Mines to Ukraine
  
  The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it reflects another in a long line of American policy shifts on the...
• US Charges Billionaire Gautam Adani With Defrauding Investors, Hiding Plan to Bribe Indian Officials
  
  An Indian businessman who is one of the world's richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in his home country by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Gautam Adani, 62, was...
• Putin Eyes Contours of a Trump Peace Deal
  
  Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO, five sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
• Ukraine Reportedly Fires UK Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia
  
  Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, British media reported Wednesday, after being given the green light from London.Several missiles were launched against at least one Russian military target, The Financial Times said, citing...
• US Vetoes UN Resolution Demanding a Cease-fire in Gaza Because There's No Link to a Hostage Release
  
  The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas militants in Israel in October 2023.The council voted...
• Illegal Immigrant Convicted of Murdering Laken Riley Sentenced to Life in Prison
  
  The Venezuelan illegal immigrant convicted of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
• Yaks, Bears and Cockatoos Among Animals Russia Is Sending to North Korean Zoo
  
  Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos.In another sign of the growing cooperation between the countries, the animals were flown to Pyongyang aboard a government plane, escorted by...
• Lockers Used by Ronaldo, Beckham and Other Real Madrid Stars Are up for Auction
  
  It's a sports fan's perfect storage solution: Metal lockers that once held the sweatstained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world's greatest soccer players are up for auction.Sotheby's is selling 24 lockers from the dressing room of storied club Real Madrid. Used by...

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