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Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid 12/13/2023 08:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials labored Wednesday to try to reach a last-minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster U.S.-Mexico border policies, with urgency setting in as Congress prepared to depart Washington with the impasse 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 12/13/2023 07:00pm • 2023 was a forgettable year for most dividend stocks. While growth and technology investments soared, many income investments were left in the dust. Indeed, numerous blue-chip companies have seen their worst share price declines in years thanks to an unprecedented combination of economic events. A s A Russian missile attack on Kyiv wounds at least 53 as Ukraine pleads for more European support 12/13/2023 04:21pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A barrage of Russian missiles targeted Kyiv on Wednesday, wounding at least 53 people, officials said, as the Ukrainian president sought more military support in Europe after a trip to Washington secured no new pledges. Loud explosions rocked Ukraine's capital at 3 a.m. as the US credibility is on the line in Ukraine funding debate 12/13/2023 03:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden’s favorite stories is about his first international summit after taking office, when he declared that “America is back” in the wake of Donald Trump’s erratic and isolationist leadership. “For how long?” responded one of the other leaders in In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels 12/13/2023 02:08pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels — the first time they’ve made that crucial pledge in decades of U.N. climate talks though many warned the deal still had significant shortcomings. The agreement was approved w EU unblocks billions for Hungary even though its leader threatens to veto Ukraine aid 12/13/2023 12:25pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday relented and granted Hungary access to billions of euros in frozen funds just as Prime Minister Viktor Orban appeared ready to defy his EU partners and veto the opening of membership talks and vital financial aid for Ukraine. A year ago, the European Germany's government reaches a deal to resolve its budget crisis and keeps up support for Ukraine 12/13/2023 07:14am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's governing coalition reached a deal Wednesday to resolve a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month, agreeing to cut some subsidies and spending while stressing that Berlin will stick to plans to step up support for Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party c Orbán says Hungary will block EU membership negotiations for Ukraine at a crucial summit this week 12/13/2023 05:50am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will block a proposal to start talks on European Union membership for Ukraine at a summit of the bloc's leaders this week, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Wednesday, adding that admitting the war-ravaged country would have unforeseeable consequences for the EU. Sri Lanka will get the second tranche of a much-need bailout package from the IMF 12/13/2023 04:04am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund executive board approved the release of the second tranche of a $2.9 billion dollar bailout package to help Sri Lanka recover from the worst economic crisis in its history. In a statement, the fund said the decision Tuesday to release $337 US announces new sanctions on Russia's weapons suppliers as Zelenskyy visits Washington 12/13/2023 03:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration hit hundreds of people and firms, from Russia to China to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, with economic and diplomatic sanctions Tuesday as the U.S. targets third-country contributors that are equipping Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The latest round 2023 in other words: AI might be the term of the year, but consider these far-flung contenders 12/13/2023 12:03am • Many sentiments are universal. Many words are not. As 2023 ends, The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around the world for terms that emerged this year and seized or crystalized the popular mood. Some were newsy, some cultural. A couple were kind of delightful. Whatever the language, the Live updates | Israel plans to keep fighting as UN General Assembly votes for a cease-fire in Gaza 12/12/2023 11:41pm • Israel pressed ahead with an offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months. But the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. General As Santa can’t do all the deliveries. Here’s how to get your package in time for Christmas 12/12/2023 09:40pm • Santa Claus is going to be a busy, busy guy on Christmas. But delivery drivers have been almost as busy in recent weeks. With Christmas on a Monday, and thus Christmas Eve on a Sunday, the deadline to get your packages shipped somewhere in time for Christmas could be sneaking up faster than you� Al Michaels won't call an NFL playoff game for NBC this season 12/12/2023 08:04pm • Al Michaels won't be calling an NFL playoff game for NBC for the first time since the network returned to televising the league in 2006. NBC confirmed to The Associated Press that Michaels won't be working the playoffs. It was first reported by the New York Post. The 79-year-old Michaels was the voi Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours 12/12/2023 07:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion. But prospects for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appeared ser