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At the first G20 summit held in Africa, leaders urge the rich world to do more against climate disasters

By Michelle Gumede, Associated Press

World leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc’s first summit in Africa.

Nigeria's president postpones G20 trip, vows to intensify efforts to rescue abducted schoolgirls

By Tunde Omolehin, Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

Nigeria’s president has postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country.

Myanmar's military says it has raided a second major online scam center

By Associated Press

Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world, which usually involve gaining victims' confidence online with romantic ploys and bogus investment schemes.

Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped save its Jewish subject from the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Louvre to set up new cameras and anti-intrusion systems after stunning crown jewels heist

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Louvre director Laurence des Cars said on Wednesday that the cameras — about 100 of them — will be up and running by the end of next year while anti-intrusion systems will start to be put in place within two…

Russian attack kills 25 in Ukraine's Ternopil as Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for Erdogan talks

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

The attack hit two apartment blocks, injuring at least 73 people. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted most of the 476 drones and 48 missiles fired overnight.

Israel's military carries out airstrikes in Lebanon after evacuation warnings

By Hussein Malla, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

The new wave of strikes came as tensions between Israel and militants are escalating.

Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince and dismisses intel linking him to Khashoggi killing

By Liz Landers, Eliot Barnhart, Doug Adams, Leila Jackson

President Trump welcomed the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia to the White House. During the visit, the president dismissed the U.S. intelligence community’s finding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the plan to kill Washington Post columnist Jamal…

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COP30 host Brazil pushes for progress on big issues

By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press

As United Nations climate talks bubble to a critical point, negotiators on Tuesday were pressured to ensure that oil — along with fossil fuels coal and natural gas — won't be burned in the future.

Use of artificial intelligence both praised and criticized at COP30 climate talks in Brazil

By Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press

One expert calls AI an "completely unregulated beast around the world," while another calls it "so democratizing," but both sides agree AI is here to stay.