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An ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience …

Pope Francis arrives in the Paul IV hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Sweden’s economy shrinks in the third quarter to signal …

A woman makes her way through a snowy street near the government headquearters Rosenbad during a heavy snowfall in central Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Live updates | Mediators try to extend Gaza truce, which …

Israeli soldiers move tanks at a staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. on the fifth day of a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion …

A pro-democracy activist known as "Grandma Wong," center, is escorted by police outside the West Kowloon courts as closing arguments open in Hong Kong's largest national security trial of 47 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Live updates | Israel releases 30 prisoners after Hamas …

A Palestinian man collects his belongings southeast of the Gaza City on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. on the fifth day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh chosen to host the 2030 …

Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf Al-Miqrin, mayor of the Riyadh, smiles after the Bureau International des Expositions, or BIE, announced the vote Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris. Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh was chosen to host the 2030 World Expo, beating out South Korean port city Busan and Rome for an event expected to draw millions of visitors. Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh was chosen on Tuesday to host the 2030 World Expo, beating out South Korean port city Busan and Rome for an event expected to draw millions of visitors. Riyadh was picked by a majority of 119 out of 165 votes by the member states. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

41 rescued workers emerge dazed and smiling after 17 days …

This handout photo provided by the Uttarakhand State Department of Information and Public Relations shows workers, rescued from the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed, sitting for a phone call with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. India’s transportation minister says all 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north have been pulled out. (Uttarakhand State Department of Information and Public Relations via AP)

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Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday. It happened Monday evening at the end of the workers' shift at a mine in the northern city of Rustenburg. The injured workers were hospitalized. (Implats via AP)

The US tells Israel any ground campaign in southern …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on Nov. 26, 2023, in Nantucket, Mass. The Biden administration has told Israel that it must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza if it renews a ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats will be removed from …

FILE - A stray cat sits on a wall in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The famous felines that roam the historic area of Puerto Rico's capital and attract hordes of tourists will be removed, according to a plan that the U.S. National Park Service unveiled Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)

Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get …

A line of ambulances drive past carrying workers rescued from the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. India’s transportation minister says all 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north have been pulled out. (AP Photo)

Finland will close its entire border with Russia …

Customs officials walk between Finnish Border Guard vehicles at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station with Russia, in Inari, northern Finland, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Finland will close its last remaining road border with Russia due to concerns over migration, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Tuesday, accusing Moscow of undermining Finland's national security. Finland already closed seven of its eight of the checkpoints along its long border Russia this month following a surge in arrivals of migrants from the Middle East and Africa. The government accuses Moscow of ushering the migrants toward the Finnish border. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Freed Israeli hostage describes deteriorating conditions …

This undated photo released by Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters shows Roni Krivoi, 25 years old. Roni Krivoi was part of the third group of hostages released by Hamas on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, as part of truce deal. Hamas freed 17 hostages, including 14 Israelis. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum headquarters via AP)

Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN climate conference …

FILE - Pope Francis arrives to preside over a Mass in St. Peter Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Pope Francis cancelled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip: He had to postpone a planned trip to Congo and South Sudan in 2022 because of knee inflammation, though he was able to make the trip earlier this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)