Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war
Vice President Kamala Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a climate summit this weekend in Dubai
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Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients
Devotees of two Catholic saints — Damien and Marianne of Molokai — want to see where they spent a pivotal part of their lives caring for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
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Exclusive-EU nuclear agency sees some Russia imports up again in 2023 from before Ukraine war
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS European Union increased imports from Russia of nuclear fuel and services for the bloc's
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Russia's Lavrov insists goals in Ukraine are unchanged as he faces criticism at security talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his government is not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine in a blunt and confrontational message to Western leaders on a rare trip to a NATO member state
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A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China
Henry Kissinger is being remembered positively in China as an envoy who was willing to overlook ideological differences at the height of the Cold War and long after
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Meta must provide details on measures against child sexual abuse by Dec. 22, EU says
BRUSSELS EU tech regulators on Friday ordered Meta Platforms to provide details on measures taken to tackle child
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Did pandemic central banking work? Fed review to eye inflation, jobs tradeoffs
By Howard Schneider ATLANTA The U.S. Federal Reserve's pledge in 2020 to sustain "broad-based and inclusive" employment through
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First same-sex married couple in Nepal vow to continue campaign for gay rights
A gay couple in Nepal who became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status are vowing to campaign for changes in the law to help others like them to get married
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Japan expresses concern about US Osprey aircraft continuing to fly without details of fatal crash
Japan’s top government spokesperson expressed concern on Friday that the U.S. military is continuing to fly Osprey aircraft in the country without providing adequate information about a fatal crash this week in southwestern Japan despite repeated requests that it do so
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Philippines opens a coast guard surveillance base in the South China Sea to watch Chinese vessels
The Philippine coast guard has opened a new surveillance base on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the strategic waterway
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Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of '23 with big gains
Asian shares have slipped after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November
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Top world leaders will speak at UN climate summit. Global warming, fossil fuels will be high in mind
International climate talks turned into a power game as dozens of world leaders including the Saudi crown prince and India’s prime minister were to speak, though two of the world’s most powerful men — President Joe Biden of the U.S. and China's President Xi Jinping — were glaringly absent
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