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Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says he will step down after six years sparring with an increasingly aggressive Beijing.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to the Federated States of Micronesia’s President Wesley Simina {sim-min-AH} about delayed aid money from Congress, under a decades-old agreement with the Pacific islands.

President Biden says the Israeli government needs to keep an open mind to how Gaza is governed after the fighting there stops.

The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences? (Image credit: Momen Al-Halabi AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly 200 countries convened by the United Nations approved a plan to ramp up renewable energy and rapidly transition away from coal, oil and gas.

In a rare admission, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country’s birth rate is too low. Experts see no working solution for a looming population crisis. (Image credit: AP)

Debate on whether to approve more Ukraine assistance has dragged on for weeks in Congress as President Joe Biden’s approval ratings continue to languish, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

U.N. resolution on Gaza cease-fire: Which countries voted for and against it  The Washington Post WATCH LIVE: UN General Assembly holds an Emergency Special Session on Gaza  Fox Business UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza  WGN News

Outside the negotiating rooms, COP28 is part trade fair, part lobbyist jamboree and part debate tournament.

Base metals moved lower, weighed by a stronger dollar, but gold held steady ahead of the latest Fed decision.