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The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke …

FILE- The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on roughly 130 firms and people from Turkey to China to the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Moscow’s access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke …

FILE- The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on roughly 130 firms and people from Turkey to China to the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Moscow’s access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for Hamas attack, …

FILE - Palestinians walk away from the kibbutz of Kfar Azza, Israel, near the fence with the Gaza strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. A growing list of Israeli officials have accepted responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli communities during the Oct. 7 incursion that triggered the current Israel-Hamas war. Conspicuously absent from that roll call is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo, File)

Live updates | Israel’s troops advance as diplomatic efforts …

A wounded Palestinian man receives treatment at Kama Adwan hospital following Israeli bombardment on a UN school used as shelter, in Jabaliya, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Abdul Qader Sabbah)

Diplomacy to pause fighting and ease siege intensifies …

This photo released by the Israeli military on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows ground operations inside the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s …

FILE - Saga Saganla, 30, from Diawely, lies on his bed at Somine Dolo hospital in Mopti, Mali, Friday June 24, 2022. Saganla survived an attack by nearly 100 jihadis on motorbikes. Top human rights groups have released new reports in which they documented cases of “war crimes” against civilians in the violent conflict in Africa’s Sahel region where rebels are increasingly fighting in communities under siege. The reports focusing on Burkina Faso and Mali were separately released this week by the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. (AP Photo/ Hamidou Saye, File)

Listen to the last new Beatles’ song with John, Paul, …

FILE -The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums perform on the CBS "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song.“Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/File)

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Storm Ciaran whips western Europe, blowing record …

Waves crash over the harbour wall as Storm Ciaran brings high winds and heavy rain along the south coast of England, in Folkestone, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France's Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe, uprooting trees, blowing out windows and leaving 1.2 million French households without electricity Thursday. Strong winds and rain also battered southern England and the Channel Islands, where gusts of more than 160 kph (100 mph) were reported. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Stock market today: Wall Street keeps climbing on …

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need to pump the brakes any harder on Wall Street and the economy. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Democrats fear that Biden’s Israel-Hamas war stance …

FILE - Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilcrhist, left, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and attorney general Dana Nessel attend a community support event at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, in Southfield, Michigan on October 9, 2023. Michigan Democrats have warned the White House that Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war could put his reelection campaign in jeopardy in the key swing state next year. The state holds the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the nation and many in the community are pledging to coalesce against Biden’s reelection campaign unless he calls for a ceasefire in the war. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, File)

Treasury Secretary Yellen calls for more US-Latin …

FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during a meeting with President Joe Biden, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington. Yellen wants Latin America to trade more with the United States as part of an initiative that so far has failed to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bank of England keeps main UK interest rate at 15-year …

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey touches his eye as he arrives to address the media during a press conference concerning interest rates, at the Bank of England, in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while, especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply in light of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

2 more killed as Russian artillery keeps on battering …

People enjoy a warm autumn sunset at Zaryadye Park near Red Square with the Kremlin in the background in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. The temperature in Moscow rose to 14 degrees Celsius (57,2 Fahrenheit) and broke the 1934 record by 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is unusual for the beginning of November. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant starts 3rd release …

FILE - This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, shortly after its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 after Japanese officials said the two earlier releases ended smoothly. (Kyodo News via AP, File)