Nov 18 PHOTOS: New Delhi chokes on air pollution 50 times the safe limit By Manish Swarup, Rishi Lekhi, Associated Press Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. Continue reading
Nov 18 U.S. shift allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with long-range weapons draws warning from Moscow By Illia Novikov, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday referred to a statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in September, in which he said allowing Ukraine to target Russia would significantly raise the stakes in the conflict. Continue reading
Nov 17 Typhoon Man-yi displaces massive numbers of people in the Philippines By Jim Gomez, Associated Press A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than… Continue reading
Nov 17 Biden gives Ukraine permission to use U.S.-supplied missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The decision allowing Kyiv to use the U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile System for attacks farther inside Russia comes as Putin positions North Korean troops along Ukraine's northern border to try to reclaim hundreds of miles of territory seized by Ukrainian forces. Continue reading
Nov 17 Senegal votes in election that will decide if its president can carry out promised reforms By Mark Banchereau, Associated Press Polls closed in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election set to determine whether the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia In our news wrap Sunday, a senior U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine will be allowed for the first time to fire American-supplied missiles into Russia, an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon, Ohio’s governor denounced a march… Continue watching
Nov 17 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil By Aamer Madhani, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as Trump is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate… Continue reading
Nov 17 Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack By Associated Press The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow’s intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the winter. Continue reading
Nov 17 Rare Israeli strike on central Beirut kills Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, official says By Fadi Tawil, Bassem Mroue, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press The latest in targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials considered a United States-led cease-fire proposal. Continue reading
Nov 16 WATCH: Biden meets with China’s Xi for final time on sidelines of APEC summit By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, Associated Press China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration."… Continue reading