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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have retreated after Wall Street added a bit more to its big rally from a day before, while U.S. futures and oil prices were lower. Any lift in sentiment from a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping appeared to

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian defense ministers have called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the world to collaborate on setting up humanitarian aid corridors in Gaza. But they struggled on how to address the civil strife in Myanmar. The 10-nation Association of

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it halted its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. USAID officials described wide-ranging new reforms in handling of food aid

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it will still try to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, despite the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the contentious plan is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe in the African country. In a major blow to one

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get from renewable energy from the current 6% to at least 50% by 2030, according to a report by a

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s digital spy agency says the nation’s cooperation with the United States and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored cyberespionage. The Australian Signals Directorate reported on Wednesday a 23% increase in cybercrimes in

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press New York’s highest court has heard arguments in a redistricting lawsuit that could shape congressional lines in the state, setting the stage for races that could decide which party takes control of the House. The Court of Appeals hearing took place Wednesday in Buffalo. Democrats are seeking to scrap the

BEIJING (AP) — China has reported its economic growth showed more signs of rekindling in October as retail sales and factory output picked up even though the property sector remained sluggish. The government said factory output rose 4.6% from a year earlier in October, while retail sales jumped 7.6%. But real estate investment sank 9.3%.

By ANNIE MA Associated Press Nearly nine out of 10 parents believe their child is performing at grade level despite standardized tests showing far fewer students are on track, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup and the nonprofit Learning Heroes. Report cards, which many parents rely on for a sense of their children’s

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Until recently, the space was the one-car garage of a private home in Cuba’s capital, Havana. Today, it is a well-stocked, if small, grocery store whose big board at the gate entices shoppers with such offerings as cooking oil, tomato sauce, Hershey’s cocoa powder, Nutella, shampoo, cookies

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With less than two months until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. The tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence

By DANIEL POLITI and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Batman and the Joker, a man decked out in a full-body lion costume, and another whose head and arms have been replaced by chainsaws. This isn’t Carnival or Comic-Con, but rather the outlandish campaign rally for Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei. In

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed forces. Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. A key goal was to forge an agreement to

By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar police have imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after the torching of some polling stations ahead of a presidential election set for Thursday. Protests organized by opposition leaders boycotting the election over alleged irregularities have intensified in recent weeks. The opposition leaders have urged

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hazardous, forced work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is hampered by a lack of transparency and regulatory oversight, a new report concluded. The research by the Financial

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Some of the 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for a fourth day were getting sick as falling debris and technical glitches delayed the work to free them, officials in northern India said Wednesday. Rescuers have been trying to drill wide pipes through

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council is trying for a fifth time to come up with a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, but it remains to be seen whether serious divisions can be overcome to produce a consensus on wording. The current draft

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates toured the Dubai Air Show on Wednesday as a sanctioned arms supplier displayed an attack helicopter used in Russia’s war on Ukraine, highlighting his country’s continued ties to Moscow despite Western sanctions targeting it. Sheikh Mohammed bin

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Center on Manhattan’s Upper East