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Movie Review: Jessie Buckley startles and shimmers in ‘Hamnet,’ a meditation on love, loss and art 11/24/2025 02:54pm • “Tell me a story,” the earthy young woman asks the shy Latin tutor early in Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.” What story, he asks? “Something that moves you.” She’s made a shrewd choice of storyteller. This awkward young man seems to have a way with words as he recounts the tragic myth of Orph Takeaways from the first G20 summit in Africa and a look ahead to the next one at Trump's golf club 11/24/2025 01:30pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first Group of 20 summit in Africa that ended Sunday broke new ground by putting the priorities of poor countries at the top of the bloc's agenda. Host South Africa negotiated a summit declaration signed by some of the world's richest and top emerging economies that agreed Takeaways: Springboks torch Irish hoodoo and England wins 11 straight 11/24/2025 06:12am • LONDON (AP) — South Africa left Dublin with a crushing victory over bogey Ireland and England extended its winning streak to 11 tests after surviving Argentina 27-23 in autumn rugby at the weekend. The South Africans reaffirmed their undisputed top dog status with a 24-13 result after a chaotic ma How Soon Can I Refinance My Mortgage? 11/23/2025 07:00pm • If you've had your mortgage for a while or have built equity in your home, you may have considered refinancing. Refinancing is when you take out a new home loan to pay off the existing one to gain some financial benefit, such as locking in a lower interest rate. How soon you can refinance depends on Fannie Mae Drops Minimum FICO Score Requirement 11/23/2025 07:00pm • Fannie Mae no longer requires borrowers to have a 620 minimum credit score if the loan is processed through its Desktop Underwriter system. As of Nov. 16, 2025, it joined Freddie Mac, which made a similar policy update earlier this year. Does this mean people with subprime credit scores can now qual What's the Easiest Way to Repay $200,000 in Medical School Loans? 11/23/2025 07:00pm • For many medical school graduates, a heaping pile of debt is the norm, not the exception. The average borrower with medical school debt owes $216,659 as of 2025, according to the Education Data Initiative. And not surprisingly, among students entering medical school in 2024, 77.3% said their ability The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump's boycott 11/23/2025 02:55pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world's richest and top developing economies. Sout Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South Africa 11/23/2025 11:57am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on climate action and high levels of debt, issues directly affecting the developing world. They have also sought to position themselves as economic partners with much to offer Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop 11/23/2025 09:20am • This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of an historic outcome. COP30, as it’s called, was hosted in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial regulator of climate and home to many Indigenous peoples who are both hit har Leaders adopt a declaration at the start of South Africa's G20 summit despite US opposition 11/22/2025 01:13pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies broke with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa on Saturday despite opposition from the United States, which is boycotting the two-day talks in a diplomatic rift with th Britain's Daily Mail publisher enters exclusive talks to buy Telegraph Media Group for $654 million 11/22/2025 07:14am • LONDON (AP) — The publisher of Britain's Daily Mail has entered exclusive talks to buy Telegraph Media Group in a deal that would link two news groups that have traditionally supported the right-leaning Conservative Party. Daily Mail and General Trust plc said on Saturday that the talks were desig Leaders arrive for a first African G20 summit overshadowed by a rift between the host and the US 11/21/2025 12:00pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World leaders arrived Friday for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda. But the talks have been undermined by a rift between host South Africa and the United States over a Trump administrati Sri Lankan opposition rallies in first major protest against Dissanayake government 11/21/2025 10:19am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of opposition activists rallied near Sri Lanka’s capital Friday to demand that the government fulfill pledges to ease taxes and restore order, in the first major protest against President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's administration as it marks one year in office At UN climate conference, some activists and scientists want more talk on reforming agriculture 11/21/2025 09:22am • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks have a beef. They want more to be done to transform th Japan OKs $135 billion stimulus package to help revive its sluggish economy 11/21/2025 04:05am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.4 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur the economy through expansionary government spending and to relieve the impact of higher prices. After taking office last month, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised to boost governme