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This handout photo provided by GPO on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, shows Israeli released hostage Mia Shem reuniting with her family at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel. Mia Shem was released the night of Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (GPO via AP)

Airstrikes resume minutes after Israel/Hamas ceasefire ends

Hostages’ families grieve the end of weeklong truce

This handout photo provided by GPO on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, shows Israeli released hostage Mia Shem reuniting with her family at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel. Mia Shem was released the night of Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (GPO via AP)
FILE - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger briefs reporters, Oct. 12, 1973, at the State Department in Washington. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo, File)

Longtime U.S. world power broker Henry Kissinger dead at 100

Secretary of state under 2 American presidents was the country’s face on the global stage in the ’70s

FILE - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger briefs reporters, Oct. 12, 1973, at the State Department in Washington. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo, File)
American prosecutors say a man allegedly involved in a murder plot against a Sikh activist on U.S. soil also discussed the killing of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar, just hours after Nijjar was gunned down outside a British Columbia temple. The murder-for-hire plot against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was revealed in a U.S. Federal Court indictment. Pannun speaks, Sept. 26, 2014 in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Ruttle

Prosecutors say accused in U.S. murder plot talked about B.C. man’s killing

Indictment alleges Nikhil Gupta was recruited to orchestrate death of American Sikh activist

American prosecutors say a man allegedly involved in a murder plot against a Sikh activist on U.S. soil also discussed the killing of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar, just hours after Nijjar was gunned down outside a British Columbia temple. The murder-for-hire plot against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was revealed in a U.S. Federal Court indictment. Pannun speaks, Sept. 26, 2014 in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Ruttle
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice-chair, says governments need to move faster to tackle artificial intelligence and implement “safety brakes” around the tech. Smith speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Drew Angerer/Pool via AP

AI won’t pose immediate existential threat but ‘safety brakes’ needed: Microsoft

‘Have an on-off switch, have a safety brake, ensure that it remains under human control’

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice-chair, says governments need to move faster to tackle artificial intelligence and implement “safety brakes” around the tech. Smith speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Drew Angerer/Pool via AP
People watch rescue operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country’s north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them. (AP Photo)

41 trapped Indian workers emerge smiling after 17 days trapped underground

Workers extracted on a wheeled stretcher pulled through a meter-wide tunnel of welded pipes

People watch rescue operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country’s north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them. (AP Photo)
FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

‘Jet zero’: first fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic commercial flight a success

High-fat low-emissions Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 travels successfully from London to New York

FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
People watch rescue operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country's north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them. (AP Photo)

Trapped Indian tunnelers freed after 17 days underground

41 workers have survived on food and oxygen supplied through narrow steel pipes

People watch rescue operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country's north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them. (AP Photo)
Finnish Border Guards escort migrants arriving at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station between Russia and Finland, in Inari, northern Finland, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland set to close Russian border crossings over flow of migrants

Finland says national security threatened, accuses Russia of ushering migrants toward it

Finnish Border Guards escort migrants arriving at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station between Russia and Finland, in Inari, northern Finland, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP)
Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama court rules B.C.-owned copper mine unconstitutional

Dispute over open-pit mine led to some of Panama’s most widespread protests in recent years

Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
People wait for the convoy carrying newly released hostages from the Gaza Strip, in Ofakim, Israel on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel and Hamas extend truce 2 more days and more hostages released

Extension comes on final day of the original 4-day truce between the warring sides

People wait for the convoy carrying newly released hostages from the Gaza Strip, in Ofakim, Israel on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
FILE - Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani listens a question with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha, Qatar, Friday Oct. 13, 2023. Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, a Qatari jet landed in Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport with an urgent task: save the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Qatar emerges as key player in fragile talks between Israel and Hamas

Emirate’s first-ever public visit to Israel helping talks to extend ceasefire

FILE - Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani listens a question with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha, Qatar, Friday Oct. 13, 2023. Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, a Qatari jet landed in Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport with an urgent task: save the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)
FILE - Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis — a fresh setback as the site formerly known as Twitter tries to win back big brands and their ad dollars.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Elon Musk visits Israel as concern grows about anti-semitism on his social media platform X

Social media not part of the conversation as Israelis ask billionaire to help build better future

FILE - Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis — a fresh setback as the site formerly known as Twitter tries to win back big brands and their ad dollars.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
FILE - Meta’s logo can be seen on a sign at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry. Russian state agency Tass and independent news outlet Mediazona first reported on Andy Stone’s inclusion on the list on Sunday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list

Russian authorities in October classified Meta as a ‘terrorist and extremist’ organization

FILE - Meta’s logo can be seen on a sign at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry. Russian state agency Tass and independent news outlet Mediazona first reported on Andy Stone’s inclusion on the list on Sunday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
Palestinians walk through destruction in Shati refugee camp on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. on the second day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar)

Hamas releases 3rd group of hostages as part of truce deal

Ceasefire set to end Monday after a 4th and final group of hostages is exchanged

Palestinians walk through destruction in Shati refugee camp on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. on the second day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar)
Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios reacts after being crowned Miss Universe at the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Miss Universe win exposes deep political divide in Nicaragua

Government hope for positive PR disappears when winner’s protest past surfaces

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios reacts after being crowned Miss Universe at the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen speaks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during a reception at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in St. John’s on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Middle East, climate change, hydrogen energy top of mind as Canada hosts EU

Formal EU-Canada Summit talks begin amid ‘extremely complex times,’ Trudeau says

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen speaks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during a reception at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in St. John’s on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Hamas releases first hostages as 4-day ceasefire brokered in Gaza begins

Israel and Thailand reporting their citizens among the initial wave of people freed

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
In this image taken from security video, a light colored vehicle, top center, flies over a fence into the Rainbow Bridge customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Customs Border Protection via AP

‘High anxiety’: Niagara border explosion shows — and feeds — U.S. tension

Thanksgiving resumes, but American nerves still raw after deadly Rainbow Bridge crash

In this image taken from security video, a light colored vehicle, top center, flies over a fence into the Rainbow Bridge customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Customs Border Protection via AP
Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada was closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP

Officials dismiss terrorism links in fatal Niagara border car explosion

‘No known terrorist connection’: New York governor Kathy Hochul

Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada was closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP