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Hong Kong holds first council elections under new rules that shut out pro-democracy candidates 12/10/2023 01:37pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Residents went to the polls on Sunday in Hong Kong's first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing's guidance of ���patriots��� administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates. Turnout is expected to be muc Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean? 12/10/2023 12:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. The Democratic president has sai At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history 12/10/2023 08:35am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� At the United Nations' COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried. It's unclear how the United Arab Emirates, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms, uses the footage it gathers across its e Egyptians vote for president, with el-Sissi certain to win 12/10/2023 05:15am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Egyptians began voting Sunday in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no serious challenger and is certain to win another term, keeping him in power until 2030. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Almost all Egyptians' What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is marking its 75th anniversary? 12/10/2023 12:06am • Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris ��� laying one of the foundation stones of the international order that emerged following the horrors of World War II. The declaration was proclaimed as ���a common st Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way 12/10/2023 12:03am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ��� A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much different fight in Virginia, where plans for a military-themed brewery are drawing opposition over his alleged racist and homophobic remarks. Robert J. O'Neill has a small ownership stake in Bloody clash in Mexican hamlet kills 4 villagers and 10 gunmen, including drug cartel's leader 12/09/2023 08:29pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A clash between gunmen from a notoriously violent drug cartel and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico left 14 people dead, including the cartel's leader, authorities said Saturday. Seven others were injured and still being treated for wounds. Dramatic vide Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see 'shocking level of censorship' 12/09/2023 08:12pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates at the site supervised by the United Nations meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over a territorial dispute. Here's what to know 12/09/2023 08:01pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� A century-old territorial dispute deepened by the discovery of oil is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. Steeped in patriotism, the Venezuelan government is seizing on the fight to boost support ahead of a presidential election among a population fed up Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they're not left behind 12/09/2023 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy a copy of Street Sense, the local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors. Today, he's finding fewer people are walking around w Some Seattle cancer center patients are receiving threatening emails after last month's data breach 12/09/2023 02:36pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack hit a portion of the health care system's clinical network, possibly leaking patient data. This week, some for With Putin's reelection all but assured, Russia's opposition still vows to undermine his image 12/09/2023 12:07am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Behind bars in penal colonies or in self-exile abroad, Russian opposition figures vow they will still put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office in an election in March. Although they believe Putin will be declared the winner no m Israeli troops round up Palestinian men in northern Gaza as UN warns aid operation is 'in tatters' 12/08/2023 11:03pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation is ���i Live updates | UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza fails 12/08/2023 08:35pm • The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, where Israeli troops rounded up Palestinian men in the northern part of the territory for interrogation, seeking Hamas militants. The U.N. vote came after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Judge voids result of Louisiana sheriff's election decided by a single vote and orders a new runoff 12/08/2023 06:50pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� A judge has voided the result of a Louisiana sheriff's election that was decided by a single vote and ordered a new runoff be held, saying there is evidence a handful of ballots were cast illegally. Ruling this week, specially appointed Judge E. Joseph Bleich ordered a new