Nov 17 South Korea says North fired suspected long-range ballistic missile toward sea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made on Friday but gave no further details. Continue reading
Nov 17 Human rights groups report widespread abuse in Ukraine By Sam Mednick, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press As violence escalates in Ukraine, human rights abuses have become widespread. The situation is particularly concerning in the southern region of Kherson, where villages were liberated from Russian occupation a week ago. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:35 News Wrap: Karen Bass elected as mayor of Los Angeles In our news wrap Thursday, Los Angeles voters elected Karen Bass as the city's first female mayor, air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians, a Dutch court convicted three men… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 5:43 China pressured to reduce its carbon emissions at global climate change summit By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi U.S. and Chinese climate negotiators met formally for the first time in months at the COP27 global climate summit. Beijing had blocked bilateral climate discussions back in August, but they resumed after President Biden’s meeting earlier this week with Chinese… Continue watching
Nov 17 Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Experts say this summit's success or failure centers on the issue. And most of the negotiators and public faces of the issue are women. Continue reading
Nov 17 Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Diplomats say they are far from reaching a deal everyone can agree on at climate negotiations in Egypt, which are scheduled to end on Friday. Continue reading
Nov 17 North Korea fires missile after threatening ‘fiercer’ military response By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, hours after it threatened "fiercer" military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment with allies South Korea and Japan. Continue reading
Nov 17 Dutch court convicts 3 for 2014 downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. Continue reading
Nov 17 Russia airstrikes hit Ukraine’s energy facilities as first snow of season falls By John Leicester, Associated Press Russian airstrikes have targeted Ukraine's energy facilities again, as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv. Continue reading
Nov 16 More aid reaches Ethiopia’s Tigray region following truce By Associated Press More aid arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray Wednesday following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access into the northern region. Continue reading