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North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation at talks in Pyongyang this week
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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confront...
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Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, left, shakes hand with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh as they arrive to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers' meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Why people are protesting over a deadly roof collapse in Serbia

The deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a rail station in Serbia has raised tensions across the Balkan county
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Protesters shout slogans with red paint on the hands symbolizing blood, demand arrests, two days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in Novi Sad, killing 14 people and injuring three, during protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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At UN climate talks, "sewage" beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

The Singapore pavilion at the United Nations climate talks offers attendees free beer with an ingredient that's surprising to many — treated wastewater
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Nick Chow, part of the COP29 Singapore Pavilion team, poses for a photo with NEWBrew, beer made with treated wastewater, during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Sierra Leone loves rice and wants to free itself from imports. But how to do it?

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world's highest consumption rates
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Anima Mangola eats rice and stewed cassava leaves, in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)
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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday
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A new volcanic eruption that started on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
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New Zealanders are banned from displaying gang symbols as a new law takes effect

A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public has taken effect, with police officers arresting a man for breaking the law three minutes later
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Members of patched gangs gather before marching to parliament during a protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)
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American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident

Officials say an Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, and the U.S. State Department has confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four
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A woman swipes the floor as foreign tourists check out of Nana Backpack hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4

American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4
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November 20

A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament

Legislation to create a world-first law banning children under 16 from social media has been introduced in Australia's Parliament
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Australia's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, introduces the Online Safety Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)/AAP Image via AP)
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Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation
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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles into Russia

Retired U.S. Army Col. Dale Buckner weighs in on whether Ukraine's use of long-range missiles will change the trajectory of the war.
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles into Russia
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EU lawmakers seal a deal to rubber-stamp one of the bloc's most right-leaning executives

European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head one of the bloc's most rightward-leaning executive branches ever
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Hungary's Olivier Varhelyi, nominee for European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, prepares to make his opening address during his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Biden administration announces $275M aid package for Ukraine

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has resumed services after closing early Wednesday, but the threat of retaliatory Russian strikes remains.
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VIDEO: Biden administration announces $275M aid package for Ukraine
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Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, in the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump...
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China's President Xi Jinping, left center, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, walk into the Alvorada palace after attending a welcoming ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question from the opposition during Question Period in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here's what it means

About 1,500 migrants have formed a new caravan in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border
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Migrants walk through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, hoping to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
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Mali junta leader fires prime minister days after he criticizes the military regime

Mali’s junta leader has fired Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and the government, days after he criticized the military regime
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FILE - Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 25, 2021. (Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Southern African leaders resolve to keep troops in conflict-torn eastern Congo for another year

Leaders from southern African countries have resolved to extend the mandate of a regional force fighting rebels in eastern Congo for another year
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FILE - A Wazalendo militiaman fighting M23 rebels walks in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)
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Canadian Cabinet minister steps down as his claim of Indigenous identity is disputed

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his employment minister is leaving his post after weeks of questions about his past claims of Indigenous identity
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Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault rises during Question Period, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for 1st time in landmark trial

Jimmy Lai took the stand Wednesday in his national security trial in Hong Kong.
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal, in a prison van in Hong Kong, China Feb. 9, 2021.
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Congo opposition leaders call for protests against president's plan to change constitution

Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s plans to draft a new constitution
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FILE - Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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Yaks, bears and cockatoos among the animals Russia is sending to North Korean zoo

Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos
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In this photo taken from video released by the Moscow Zoo official telegram channel on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, workers handle boxes at the International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, containing animals and birds sent as a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Moscow Zoo official telegram channel via AP)
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Lockers used by Ronaldo, Beckham and other Real Madrid stars are up for auction

Metal lockers that once held the sweat-stained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world’s greatest soccer players are up for auction
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The Real Madrid first-team changing room lockers from Santiago Bernabeu Stadium are displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The sale features 24 individual lockers previously used by footballers including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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The Czech military to buy 14 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $167 million deal

The Czech Defense Ministry says it's planning to buy 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Germany in a deal worth about $167 million
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FILE - Armin Papperger, from left, CEO of Rheinmetall, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, stand in a hall with Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks in Unterluess, Germany, Feb. 12, 2024. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP, File)
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Mexico's president says government is investigating reported ransomware hack of legal affairs office

Mexico’s president says the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack of her administration's legal affairs office after what appeared to be samples of personal information from a database of government employees were posted online
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FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024, the morning after her inauguration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal

The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, says he will wrap up his official duties in early January amid an abuse scandal in the Church of England
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FILE - The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby listens to debate at the General Synod in London, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Guyana, marking the first visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years to the South American country with diaspora ties
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Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, left, shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives from the airport to his hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Italian village offering cheap homes to Americans wanting to move after the election

A village on the island of Sardinia is offering homes as low as one euro to Americans looking to escape the results of the 2024 election.
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A village on the island of Sardinia is offering homes as low as one euro to Americans looking to escape the results of the 2024 election.
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Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany

Finnish authorities say they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable
November 20
The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in background, is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
November 20

Russia's ally Belarus targets hundreds for showing solidarity with Ukraine during the war

A human rights report says hundreds of people in Belarus who have shown solidarity with Ukraine have been arrested in a sweeping crackdown under authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko
November 20
In this photo released by Belarusian Presidential Press Service on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building

Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens
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Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul pleads for father’s release

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist and founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist and founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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War in Ukraine is in ‘one of the most dangerous periods’: Retired colonel

Retired Army colonel and Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner is hopeful that a diplomatic solution can be reached next year.
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VIDEO: War in Ukraine is in ‘one of the most dangerous periods’: Retired colonel
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Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 3 police officers and 4 drug cartel suspects

Three state police officers and four drug cartel suspects are dead following a running series of shootouts in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, across the border from Texas
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What to know about a standoff between police and illegal miners at a South Africa mine

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at an abandoned mine, apparently fearing arrest by police officers at the site
November 20
An ambulance parks near by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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At least 7 members of Nigerian security force missing after insurgents ambush convoy

At least seven members of a Nigerian government protection agency are missing after their convoy was attacked by Boko Haram insurgents in north-central Nigeria, authorities said
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International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
November 20
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
November 20

Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon

Israeli officials have demanded freedom to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any emerging cease-fire deal between the sides, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement
November 20
An explosion can be seen along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza

ICRC Head of the Gaza Sub-delegation Adrian Zimmermann discusses the aid situation in Gaza where the death toll is nearing 44,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
November 20
VIDEO: Humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza
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Syria's state-run media say 36 people have been killed in a strike on the town of Palmyra blamed on Israel

Syria's state-run media say 36 people have been killed in a strike on the town of Palmyra blamed on Israel
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Israeli PM offer $5M reward for each hostage freed in Gaza

ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports on Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Gaza.
November 20
VIDEO: Israeli PM offer $5M reward for each hostage freed in Gaza
November 20

ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali

The International Criminal Court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu in the west African country of Mali
November 20
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud awaits his verdict during a trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Nov. 20, 2024. (Eva Plevier/ ANP via AP, Pool)
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Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer's funeral

The former members of One Direction have reunited for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne, who died in a fall from a hotel window in Argentina on Oct. 16
November 20
Nicola Roberts arrives for the funeral service of One Direction singer Liam Payne at St Mary's Church in Amersham, England, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
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Creator of 'suicide capsule' rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled

The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled
November 20
FILE - Philip Nitschke, founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, attends a press conference in Basel, Switzerland, on May 9, 2018. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP, file)
November 20

Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe

Ford is cutting its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds from the economy and pressure from increased competition and weaker-than-expected sales of electric cars
November 20
FILE - The Ford logo is seen on the grill of a Ford Explorer on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh, on Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Spain will legalize hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants in next 3 years

Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants in the country illegally each year for the next three years
November 20
Spain President Pedro Sanchez speaks during a plenary session during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies
November 20
Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
November 20

Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites for when he dies to simplify rituals, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites for when he dies to simplify rituals, allow for burial outside the Vatican
November 20
November 20

Middle East latest: US vetoes a Gaza cease-fire resolution

The United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
November 20
An explosion can be seen along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)