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COP29: At climate talks, draft of deal gives little clarity on climate cash

There are three big parts of the issue where negotiators need to find agreement: How big the numbers are, how much is grants or loans, and who contributes

US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump vows to undo existing policy

Their agenda addresses topics such as how to better detect and combat a flood of AI-generated deepfakes fueling fraud, harmful impersonation and sexual abuse

US-Canada border human smuggling case: Indian testifies during trial

Singh testified on Tuesday that he shuttled more than 500 Indian migrants across the US-Canada border over four years and made over $400,000 in the scheme

US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow Russian advance

The war, which reached its 1,000-day milestone on Tuesday, has largely been going Russia's way. Moscow's bigger army is slowly pushing Ukraine's forces backward in the eastern Donetsk region

Senate rejects effort from Sanders to block weapons for Israel over deaths

UN officials said as the end of the US deadline neared that the entire population of north Gaza is now at imminent risk of dying from famine, airstrikes or other threats

Brazil's Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties strengthen

The state visit by the Chinese leader comes more than a year after Lula visited China seeking to strengthen ties and mend relations with its biggest trade partner

Lawmakers concerned about background checks of Trump's Cabinet picks

The Trump transition team has so far not signed the requisite agreements with the White House or the Justice Department to allow the FBI to screen his personnel choices

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding cease-fire in Gaza

The council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the resolution 14 of its 15 members voted yes including US allies Britain and France but it was doomed by the veto

Ford plans to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, cites disruptive shift to EVs

Ford said most of the job cuts would come in Germany and would be carried out in consultation with employee representatives

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Whitaker as Nato ambassador

Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was a strong warrior and loyal Patriot" who "will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended

Israel insists on right to act against Hezbollah in any deal to end fight

Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement Wednesday that the condition for any political settlement in Lebanon is the preservation of the intelligence capability

Russia endorses bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition nations

The Federation Council also approved bills that outlaw the spread of material that encourages people not to have children

US Embassy in Kyiv shuts on Russian attack threat after Biden policy shift

The precautionary step came after Russian officials promised response to President Joe Biden's decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with US-made missiles a move that angered Kremlin

Ex-Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai starts testimony in nat'l security trial

Beijing promised to retain the former British colony's civil liberties for 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. But critics say that promise has become threadbare under the rubric

Time runs down for negotiators at COP29 to find deal to curb global warming

Negotiators are fighting over three big parts of the issue: How big the numbers are, how much is grants or loans, and who pays

Bomb cyclone knocks out power, downs trees across northwest US; 1 dead

Weather Prediction Centre issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect

Ukraine builds clean energy making it harder for Russia to destroy

Russian strikes are part of a campaign to target energy infrastructure to reduce power in Ukraine as winter looms

North Korea supplied more conventional weapons to Russia: South Korea

US officials said Biden's decision was triggered almost entirely by North Korea's entry into the war

Africans worry Trump will reimpose abortion 'gag rule' governing US aid

As he did in his first term, US President-elect Donald Trump is likely in January to invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that bars US foreign aid from being used to perform abortions

Here's what Trump's calls for dismantling education department means

The Education Department manages approximately USD 1.5 trillion in student loan debt for over 40 million borrowers. It also oversees the Pell Grant, which provides aid to students below a certain