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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Tuesday midday but trading remained unsteady ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% as of 11:37 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 258 points, or 0.8%, to 33.959 and the tech-heavy

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians could face rolling blackouts from now through March in frigid, snowy weather because Russian airstrikes have caused “colossal” damage to the power grid, officials said. To cope, authorities are urging people to stock up on supplies and evacuate hard-hit areas. Sergey Kovalenko, the CEO of

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Around 200 backers of Thailand’s liberalized marijuana regulations have rallied in Bangkok to protest the possible rollback of the drug’s recent decriminalization. Marijuana for medicinal purposes was made legal in June, but the absence of a special law specifying the conditions for its cultivation and sale allowed

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cartoonists across the nation are celebrating the 100th birthday of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz as only they can — with cartoons. More than 75 syndicated cartoonists have tucked tributes, Easter eggs and references to “Peanuts” in Saturday’s funny papers to honor the creator of

By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year. Travel experts say the ability of many people to work remotely is letting them take off early for Thanksgiving or return home later. Crowds are expected to rival those of 2019,

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating in the Capitol riot case accusing Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Deliberations began Tuesday. Prosecutors

BERLIN (AP) — Steven Spielberg will be honored for his life’s work at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. Festival organizers said Tuesday that the 75-year-old American director, producer and screenwriter will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear, the annual event’s top prize, for a body of work that comprises more than 100 movies

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi stood with his hands on his hips near the center circle, looking stone-faced as Saudi Arabia’s jubilant players ran in all directions around him after pulling off one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever against Argentina. The South American champions and one

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned the United States that it would face “a more fatal security crisis” as Washington pushes for U.N. condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. Kim Yo Jong’s warning Tuesday came hours

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government has announced a ban on aid groups that are funded by France. It’s the latest attempt by Mali’s coup leader to distance the West African country from its one-time colonizer and former military ally. In a statement read late Monday on national television, the

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port. The exact number of people on board was not immediately clear as the passengers had not yet

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ousted the management of the Vatican’s vast, international charitable organization Caritas Internationalis after an external review found management and morale problems at its head office.A Vatican statement Tuesday stressed that the review found no evidence of financial mismanagement or sexual impropriety. But it said

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria will allow a Black Sea refinery owned by a Russian oil company to keep operating and exporting oil products to the European Union until the end of 2024 despite warnings by Brussels that it is against the bloc’s sanctions. Government estimates say the deal between

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London on Tuesday for the first state visit of his reign, which will include a formal banquet as well as talks with government leaders focused on investment and green energy. Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, greeted

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hundreds of soccer fans in Doha are struggling to retrieve their digital World Cup tickets for a second day as problems with FIFA’s mobile application stoke confusion and frustration at the tournament. A line of distressed fans snaked outside the main ticketing help desk in Doha on Tuesday, with many reporting

PARIS (AP) — France, Germany and Italy have announced an agreement for a new-generation European space launcher project. It’s part of apparent efforts to better compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other rocket programs in the U.S. and China. A statement from the three governments announced an unspecified amount of public funding for the plan.

By ANDI JATMIKO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers used jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands Tuesday to shift the rubble of flattened buildings as they searched for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people. With many missing, some remote areas still

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — America’s top diplomat on Tuesday criticized a decision by FIFA to threaten players at the World Cup with yellow cards if they wear armbands supporting inclusion and diversity. Speaking alongside his Qatari counterpart at a news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was