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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over sex abuse scandal handling

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

Pressure on Welby had been building since Thursday, when the archbishop’s refusal to accept responsibility for his failure to report the abuse in England and in Africa in 2013 kindled anger about a lack of accountability at the highest reaches…

Top U.S. climate negotiator vows ‘we won’t revert back’ after Trump reelection

By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Associated Press

No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy economy won't reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday.

Haiti’s main airport and capital frozen day after plane shot by gangs

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

Life in much of the capital was frozen following the wave of violence, which came to a head when gangs shot a Spirit Airlines airplane.

Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova resurfaces after not being seen for 20 months

By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

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.

Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters are skipping UN climate talks

By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

The climate talks often have the star power of a soccer World Cup, but many big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent. That includes the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries.

Driver kills 35 by ramming car into crowd in China. Police say he was upset about his divorce

By Ng Han Guan, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

Chinese police say a man rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in China.

Israeli airstrikes kill 31 across Gaza and 6 near Beirut

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 31 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.

WATCH: U.S. will keep discussing with Israel what steps it needs to take on Gaza aid, White House says

By Matthew Lee, Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Biden administration said Tuesday that Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if…

U.S. says it will not limit arms to Israel after seeing some progress in flow of aid to Gaza

By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The Biden administration last month called on Israel to "surge" more food and other emergency aid into Gaza. It set a 30-day deadline that expires Tuesday.

Pentagon secrets leaker Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

The security breach raised alarm over America’s ability to protect its most closely guarded secrets and forced the Biden administration to scramble to try to contain the diplomatic and military fallout.