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After devastating hurricane, Grenada demands global action on climate change

By Laura Trevelyan

Delegates at the U.N. climate summit are frantically trying to strike a deal that would provide as much as $1 trillion per year for developing countries to help them withstand the impact of climate change. No country is watching the…

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Rafael Nadal retires from tennis after Spain's loss in the Davis Cup quarterfinals

By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press

The 38-year-old Spaniard announced last month the Davis Cup would be it for him as a professional tennis player.

U.S. recognizes Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González as president-elect

By Regina Garcia Cano, Jorge Rueda, Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized González on Tuesday in a post on X in which he also demanded “respect for the will” of Venezuelan voters.

Putin formally lowers threshold for using nuclear weapons

By Associated Press

The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Moscow even to a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power.

For far-right groups in India, Instagram has become a place to promote violence, report shows

By Zeba Warsi

A new report details how Instagram amplifies and promotes violent and hateful content, allowing accounts that post hate crimes to fundraise in violation of Meta's content policies.

Nations are seeking ways to raise the big money needed to tackle climate change

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

Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan.

Iran increases its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, UN says

By Stephanie Liechtenstein, Associated Press

The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

Brazil's president urges G20 members to take more action on climate change

By Mauricio Savarese, Eléonore Hughes, David Biller, Associated Press

Brazil’s president has opened the second day of a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies by calling for more action to slow global warming.

45 Hong Kong democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison under Beijing-imposed law

By Kanis Leung, Zen Soo, Associated Press

Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

U.S. envoy says truce in Israel-Hezbollah war 'within our grasp' as conflict in Gaza continues

By Kareem Chehayeb, Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press

Amos Hochstein, the Biden administration's point man on Israel and Lebanon, arrived on Tuesday as Hezbollah's allies in the Lebanese government said it had responded positively to the proposal.