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Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, on Nov. 29.

An ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he’s not well and has aide read speech

Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but he said that he’s still unwell and asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip.

Kuwait’s ruling emir, 86, was hospitalized due to emergency health problem but is reportedly stable
The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait has been hospitalized “due to an emergency health problem” but later was in stable condition.

US military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes into the sea off southern Japan
A US military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people has crashed into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is heading to the site for search and rescue operations.

Mediators look to extend truce in Gaza on its final day, with one more hostage swap planned

Israel has welcomed the release of dozens of hostages in recent days and says it will maintain the truce if Hamas keeps freeing captives.

Hamas releases 12 more hostages as nations’ spy chiefs go to Qatar for talks
Israel said on Tuesday it had received 12 more hostages from the Gaza Strip amid negotiations for a broader hostage-prisoner deal and warnings from the United States that, should hostilities resume, Israel should fight more surgically and avoid further mass displacement of Palestinians.

41 Indian construction workers rescued from collapsed tunnel where they were trapped for 17 days
Locals, relatives, and government officials erupted in joy, set off firecrackers, and placed garlands around the smiling workers.

With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed
Hamas released 12 hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on the fifth day of a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza war that mediators hope to extend even as Israel has pledged to resume its offensive.

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 workers and injuring 75
A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped about 650 feet while carrying workers to the surface in South Africa.

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN climate conference on doctors’ orders while recovering from flu

Pope Francis canceled his trip to Dubai for the UN climate conference on doctors’ orders Tuesday, even though he is recovering from the flu and lung inflammation, the Vatican said. 7:33 p.m.

FILE - Cardinal Raymond Burke applauds during a news conference at the Italian Senate, in Rome, on Sept. 6, 2018. Pope Francis has taken measures to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by yanking his right to a Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month, according to two people briefed on the measures. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates

Francis, in a separate matter, canceled his trip to Dubai for the UN climate conference on doctors’ orders. 5:53 p.m.

Displaced Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip passed through an Israeli checkpoint on their way south on Sunday.

Fearful, humiliated, and desperate: Palestinians heading south in Gaza face horrors

For the tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have fled the northern part of the enclave where the heaviest fighting has been taking place, evacuating to the south has been a perilous journey. 5:46 p.m.

Major General Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, attended a commemorative event that marked one year of the war between Russia and Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2023. Budanov's wife, Marianna Budanova, has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning and is undergoing treatment in a hospital, a spokesperson for the agency said on Tuesday.

Wife of Ukraine’s spy chief was poisoned, officials say

A large amount of heavy metals was found in Marianna Budanova, who is recovering, doctors said. 5:27 p.m.

Sultan al-Jaber, the chief executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., will be leading the talks this week at the UN climate conference in Dubai.

Files suggest climate summit’s leader is using event to promote fossil fuels

The UAE has sought to use its position as host of the climate summit to pursue a contradictory goal: to lobby for oil and gas deals around the world, according to an internal document made public by a whistle-blower. 5:03 p.m.

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (right) talked with Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho before the start of the second meeting of the North Atlantic Council of foreign ministers at NATO headquarters on Tuesday.

NATO leaders try to pin down US on Ukraine aid as Republicans waver

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg insisted that Ukraine would remain a top priority and he predicted that US assistance would continue — not only to protect US security interests but also because it’s “what we have agreed.” 4:53 p.m.

Trunks of trees burned in a forest fire were cut in Ziracuaretiro, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, last month.

Americans love avocados. It’s killing Mexico’s forests.

While deforestation in places such as the Amazon rainforest or Borneo is driven by cattle ranching, gold mining, and palm oil farms, in Mexico, it is fueled by the voracious appetite in the United States for avocados. 4:49 p.m.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with other rescue operatives gather near the face of the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state, on November 28, 2023. Indian rescue teams digging by hand are on the verge of breaking through to reach 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel, officials said Tuesday, raising hopes the end of the marathon 17-day operation is in sight.

Indian rescuers pull out all 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel for 17 days, minister says

The drawn-out rescue mission that grabbed the country's attention for days has ended. 12:25 p.m.