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Sudan paramilitary leader says he's committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks 01/04/2024 10:35pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor 01/04/2024 09:39am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father���s likely heir apparent, South Korea���s spy agency said Thursday, its first such assessment on the preteen who was unveiled to the outside world a little more than a year ago. There has been int Legislators pay respects, eye gun laws as they reconvene following Maine's deadliest mass shooting 01/03/2024 05:44pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ��� The father of one of 18 people killed in Maine���s deadliest mass shooting delivered an impassioned plea for action Wednesday as state lawmakers convened for the first time since the tragedy, taking time to read the name of each victim aloud. Honoring victims, survivors and f Israel's Supreme Court delays activation of law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office 01/03/2024 01:33pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A law that would make it harder to remove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office must go into effect only after the next parliamentary elections, the country's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, saying the legislation was clearly crafted for personal reasons. Israeli le Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023 01/02/2024 06:37pm • The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations totaled more than $3.5 billion in 2023. Four universities received big gifts in 2023, along with four scientific research institutes and a health-care system. The other gifts went to South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autograph 01/02/2024 12:38pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea���s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck Tuesday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill the politician during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the ma Brazil's economy improves during President Lula's first year back, but a political divide remains 01/02/2024 12:28am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazilian President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva likes to boast he had a good first year after returning to the job. The economy is improving, Congress passed a long-overdue tax reform bill, rioters who wanted to oust him are now in jail, and his predecessor and foe Jair Bolson Activists who engage with voters of color are looking for messages that will resonate in 2024 12/30/2023 08:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� This year���s elections in Louisiana didn���t go the way that voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton had hoped, with the far-right conservative attorney general replacing a term-limited Democratic governor and consolidating Republican control in the state. Turnout was just 37%, de Activists who engage with voters of color are looking for messages that will resonate in 2024 12/30/2023 08:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� This year���s elections in Louisiana didn���t go the way that voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton had hoped, with the far-right conservative attorney general replacing a term-limited Democratic governor and consolidating Republican control in the state. Turnout was just 37%, de Maryland's highest paid lobbyists registered to push fossil fuel interests in statehouse next year 12/29/2023 09:49pm • Just in time for the 2024 General Assembly session: An update on state lobbying firms that represent fossil fuel clients �����and the governments, clean energy companies, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions that hire them. Earlier this year, a new national climate advocacy group Live updates | UN warns of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza, desperate need for aid 12/29/2023 05:46pm • A top United Nations official warned Friday of deteriorating humanitarian conditions across Gaza and reiterated calls for Israel to immediately halt its bombardment to allow aid to get in. A week after the United Nations Security Council passed a weakened resolution seeking to hasten aid to Gaza, As How to Navigate Student Loan Repayment in 2024 12/28/2023 07:00pm • After three years of COVID-19 forbearance expired in October 2023, transitioning millions of Americans back into student loan repayment has been a logistical nightmare. More than 14 million borrowers had their loans transferred to a new servicer during the pandemic payment pause, according to the Co UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator 12/27/2023 03:14am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands��� former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief announced Tuesday. The announcement by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres follows the Sec Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps 12/26/2023 09:03pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza's main telecom provider announced another ���complete interruption��� of service Live updates | Israel expands offensive in central Gaza as Netanyahu aide meets with US officials 12/26/2023 03:49pm • The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory. With international pressure for a cease-fire building, top U.S. officials were meeting with Israel���s minister for strategic affairs Tu