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Third-party candidate leaves Mexico's 2024 presidential race. Next leader now likely to be a woman

A third-party candidate has announced he is leaving Mexico’s 2024 presidential race, practically ensuring the the country's next president will be a woman
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FILE - Samuel Garcia, the then newly-elected governor of Nuevo Leon attends his victory celebration in Nuevo Leon, at the Macroplaza of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, June 7, 2021. García said Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 he won’t run for president in the June 2 elections. He had been polling below 10% in the race, and was given almost no chance of actually winning. (AP Photo/Roberto Martinez, File)
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Harris focuses on shaping a post-conflict Gaza during a diplomatic blitz in Dubai with Arab leaders

Vice President Kamala Harris has engaged in a quick round of diplomacy with Arab leaders while attending the U.N. climate summit in the United Arab Emirates
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary's Viktor Orban

Ukraine's service says former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave the country because he was planning to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
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FILE - Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 16, 2021. Former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave Ukraine due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Piotr Molecki, File)
December 02

Romanian guru suspected of running international sex sect handed preliminary charges with 14 others

A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others have been handed preliminary charges by a Paris magistrate on a raft of counts linked to an international ring that for years allegedly subjected followers seeking enlightenment to sexual exploitation
December 02
Romanian guru Gregorian Bivolaru is escorted to a vehicle, after a hearing at the Romanian Police headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region. (AP Photo/Marian Ilie)
December 02

London police make arrests as pro-Palestinian supporters stage events across Britain

Protests are part of a “day of action” organized by campaigners around Britain.
December 02
December 02

Police in Greece arrest father, son and confiscate tons of sunflower oil passed off as olive oil

Greek police have arrested a father and son duo for selling adulterated sunflower oil for olive oil
December 02
December 02

Search for 7 crew members missing after US aircraft crash yields no clues

Dive searches were conducted in areas identified by side-scan sonar.
December 02
A floating object believed to belong to the U.S. military aircraft V-22 Osprey that crashed into the sea is seen off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
December 02

7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off the Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued

A tsunami warning was issued after the quake struck off the coast of Mindanao.
December 02
December 02

USGS reports magnitude-7.6 earthquake off the Philippines' Mindanao island. A tsunami warning has been issued

USGS reports magnitude-7.6 earthquake off the Philippines' Mindanao island. A tsunami warning has been issued
December 02
December 02

Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent

Rights groups in Burkina Faso say a prominent human rights defender has been abducted by unknown individuals in what they say could be the latest attempt by the military government to target dissidents
December 02
FILE - Daouda Diallo, one of Burkina Faso's most prominent human rights defenders poses for a photograph, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday Feb. 3, 2022. Daouda Diallo — who won the Martin Ennals awards for human rights in 2022 — was taken to an unknown location by men who accosted him in the nation's capital city on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 the local civic group which Diallo founded said in a statement. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)
December 02

Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower in Bologna to prevent collapse

A 12th century leaning tower in Bologna was secured fearing it could collapse.
December 02
The Garisenda medieval tower is pictured in Bologna, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Bologna's Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Michele Nucci, Lapresse Via AP)
December 02

Iran says an Israeli strike in Syria killed 2 Revolutionary Guard members while on advisory mission

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has stated through its website that two of its forces stationed in Syria were killed in an Israeli airstrike
December 02
December 02

How the US, oil industry plans to drastically cut methane emissions

A U.S. rule would achieve a nearly 80% reduction of methane emissions.
December 02
Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field, Nov. 3, 2021, near McKittrick, Calif.
December 02

7 suspected illegal miners dead, more than 20 others missing in landslide in Zambia

Police and local authorities in Zambia say seven miners have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others are missing, presumed dead, after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine
December 02
Mine workers are seen during a rescue mission in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)
December 02

US government and oil industry announce plan to decrease methane emissions

50 major oil companies have committed to reducing methane emissions to .2% by 2030.
December 02
50 major oil companies have committed to reducing methane emissions to .2% by 2030.
December 02

The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says death toll has surpassed 15,200 people, two-thirds of them women and children

The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says death toll has surpassed 15,200 people, two-thirds of them women and children
December 02
December 02

France and Philippines eye a security pact to allow joint military combat exercises

France and the Philippines are considering a defense pact that would allow them to send military forces to each other’s territory for joint exercises
December 02
From left, French ambassador to the Philippines Marie Fontanrl, French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, and Philippine under Secretary of National Defense Irineo Espino pose for photo prior to a joint press conference at a hotel in Manila, Philippines on Saturday Dec. 2, 2023. (Ted Aljibe/Pool Photo via AP)
December 02

Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors
December 02
FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers from inside a glass cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors. The 47-year-old is already serving more than 30 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes including extremism — charges that his supporters characterize as politically motivated. In comments passed to his associates, Navalny said he had been charged under article 214 of Russia’s penal code, which covers crimes of vandalism (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
December 02

Party of Pakistan's former jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan elects new head

Jailed former Pakistani premier Imran Khan’s party has elected a new head for the first time since it was established, following the recommendation of the imprisoned politician
December 02
December 02

Snowstorm brings Munich airport to a standstill and causes travel chaos in Germany

Munich’s airport has canceled all flights for the day after a winter storm dumped snow across southern Germany and parts of Austria and Switzerland, affecting travel across the region
December 02
Snow covered trains are parked at the central station after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
December 02

Police raid Moscow gay bars after Supreme Court LGBTQ+ ruling

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization
December 02
FILE - A gay rights activist stands with a rainbow flag, in front of journalists, during a protesting picket at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. (AP Photo, File)
December 02

Philippines says China has executed two Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite appeals

The Philippine government says China has executed two Filipinos for drug trafficking despite its appeals to commute their death sentences to life in prison
December 02
December 02

Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as government vows to wipe out al-Shabab militants

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago
December 02
FILE - Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday, Dec. 2, the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
December 02

Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders

Israel is pounding targets in southern Gaza and ordering more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, even as the United States urges it to do more to protect civilians
December 02
Irena Tati holds a picture of her grandson, Alexander, held by Hamas in Gaza, during a demonstration to call for the release of hostages in the Hostages Square at the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Dec. 2, 2023. Troufanov, 28, was kidnapped from his parents' home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 alongside his girlfriend, his mother, and his grandmother. Irene and Alexander's mother Lena Troufanov were recently released by Hamas during an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for hostages.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 02

At least 12 people missing after heavy rain triggers landslide in Indonesia

Torrential rain has triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island
December 02
December 02

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in bloody anti-insurgency offensive

Philippine authorities say troops, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire, have killed 11 suspected Islamic militants near a hinterland village in the country’s south, in one of the military’s bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year
December 02
December 02

With 'shuttle diplomacy,' step by step, Kissinger chased the possible in the Mideast

Henry Kissinger's legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what's possible, not necessarily peace, in one of the world's most intractable conflicts
December 02
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, shakes hands with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat at Tahira Palace in Cairo, Egypt during their meeting on the Mideast crisis, Nov. 7, 1973. Henry Kissinger's legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what's possible, not necessarily peace, in one of the world's most intractable conflicts. The former U.S. secretary of state, who died this week at age 100, did just that after Egypt and Syria pulled of a surprise invasion of Israel 50 years ago. (AP Photo/File)
December 02

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been jolted by an earthquake that residents dozens of miles away in Dhaka say shook buildings
December 02
December 02

Police charge director of Miss Nicaragua pageant with running 'beauty queen coup' plot

Nicaraguan police say they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, accusing her of intentionally rigging contests so that anti-government beauty queens would win the pageants as part of a plot to overthrow the government
December 02
FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 6, 2018. The U.S. State Department called Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States on Sunday, Nov. 19, “another step away from democracy.” The regional body, known by its initials OAS, has long criticized rights violations under Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Ortega, who governs alongside his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has rejected those criticisms and started the two-year process to leave the OAS in November 2021. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
December 02

Bolivia's Indigenous women climbers fear for their future as the Andean glaciers melt

Dressed up in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women have been climbing the Andes peaks for the past eight years, working as guides for tourists
December 02
Suibel Gonzales, left, and her mother Lidia Huayllas, Aymara Indigenous women who make a living as mountain guides, walk on the Huayna Potosi glacier on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. When they first started climbing the Andes peaks years ago, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet that they mostly listen to as they make their way up. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
December 01

Gaza family says they have nowhere left to go after Israel-Hamas cease-fire ends

The U.N. human rights chief warned that conditions in Gaza are now "beyond crisis point."
December 01
VIDEO: Gaza family says they have nowhere left to go after Israel-Hamas cease-fire ends
December 01

'The threats to children are everywhere now': UNICEF spox

ABC News’ Phil Lipof spoke with UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder on the deteriorating conditions in Gaza as fighting continues in the Strip.
December 01
VIDEO: 'The threats to children are everywhere now': UNICEF spox
December 01

Onslaught of War in Gaza Resumes

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports on what life is like in Gaza as fighting continues and the death toll for Palestinians continues to rise.
December 01
VIDEO: Onslaught of War in Gaza Resumes
December 01

NY Times report puts spotlight on claims Israel knew Oct. 7 attack was coming

Governing officials in Israel are facing new questions addressing how much was known about Hamas' October attack after a bombshell Times report.
December 01
VIDEO: NY Times report puts spotlight on claims Israel knew Oct. 7 attack was coming
December 01

Venezuela's government and opposition agree on appeal process for candidates banned from running

The government of Venezuela and a faction of the opposition have agreed on a process through which aspiring presidential candidates who were banned from running for office can attempt to get that decision reversed
December 01
FILE - Maria Corina Machado joins in the singing of the Venezuelan national anthem during a ceremony with the Opposition Primary Commission to recognize her electoral win in the opposition-organized primary election to choose a presidential candidate to face President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 26, 2023. The Comptroller General's Office disqualified Machado from holding public office for 15 years just a few months before the primaries in which she was victorious with popular support of 92.35%. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
December 01
December 01

Global Red Cross suspends Belarus chapter after its chief boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children

The International Red Cross has suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus
December 01
FILE - Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other prior to a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Minsk, Belarus, on Nov. 23, 2023. The International Red Cross on Friday Dec. 1, 2023 suspended the Belarusian chapter after its head stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. (Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
December 01

Why Hamas could emerge stronger militarily from the temporary cease-fire with Israel

Experts believe Hamas used the pause to rearm and move fighters.
December 01
Palestinian vendors sell their products in an open-air market near the ruins of houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, amid a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip Nov. 30, 2023.
December 01

Blinken sees goals largely unfulfilled in Mideast trip, even as Israel pledges to protect civilians

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Mideast this week looking to press for agreements to extend the Gaza cease-fire, step up the release of hostages held by Hamas and limit Palestinian civilian casualties if fighting with Israel resumed
December 01
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media prior to departure from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emorates, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the resumption of the Israel-Hamas war after a week-long truce, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
December 01

Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32 million

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million
December 01
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a video address to participants of the 2nd National Healthcare Congress at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Putin on Friday ordered the country's military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 01

Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 18 months for film violations but still not charged over mass graves

The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses
December 01
Cult preacher Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, left, arrives at the Malindi Law Courts under tight security, Friday Dec. 1, 2023 for the sentencing of his 2019 case where he had been charged with three counts of being in possession of films intended to incite children against attending school and incite Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Islams on their religion. In the second count, he was found guilty of being on procession and distributing films to the public which had not been examined and classified by Kenya Films Classifications Board. The third charge stated that he was found operating a films studio and producing films for public consumption without first registering as a film agent and acquiring a filming license. He was jailed for eighteen months imprisonment for the three counts. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu).
December 01

Bombs are falling on Gaza again. Who are the hostages still remaining in the besieged strip?

Israel and Hamas have resumed fighting after a weeklong cease-fire, and Israel says 136 hostages remain in Gaza
December 01
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)
December 01

More than 30 people are trapped under rubble after collapse at a mine in Zambia, minister says

A government minister says more than 30 people are trapped under rubble at an open-pit mine in Zambia after part of a waste pile was thought to have collapsed on them
December 01
December 01

IDF: Airstrikes hit more than 200 targets across Gaza

ABC News foreign correspondent Ines de la Cuetara reports on new video from the IDF that appears to show several airstrikes hitting targets in the cities of khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
December 01
VIDEO: IDF: Airstrikes hit more than 200 targets across Gaza
December 01

King Charles III draws attention by wearing a Greek flag tie after London-Athens diplomatic spat

Britain's King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai
December 01
Britain's King Charles III speaks during an opening ceremony at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
December 01

Guatemalan electoral magistrates leave the country hours after losing immunity from prosecution

Three magistrates of Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal have left the country, hours after the country’s Congress opened them up to prosecution by stripping them of their immunity
December 01
December 01

Hezbollah and Israeli troops exchange fire along the border

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has attacked several Israeli army posts along the border
December 01
U.N. peacekeepers patrol next to a damage house in the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Marwahin, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. With a cautious calm prevailing over the border area in south Lebanon Saturday, the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, villages that had emptied of their residents came back to life at least briefly. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 01

ABC News Live: Fighting resumes in Gaza after cease-fire

Israel is launching a series of retaliatory airstrikes into southern Gaza, warning residents to leave certain areas, after Israel accused Hamas of violating their weeklong truce.
December 01
VIDEO: ABC News Live: Fighting resumes in Gaza after cease-fire
December 01

Palestinian brothers speak out after being freed following temporary truce agreement

"I didn't know my name was on the list until 30 minutes before I was released."
December 01
A crowd surrounds a Red Cross bus carrying Palestinians prisoners released from Israeli jails in exchange for hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Nov. 26, 2023.
December 01

US officials hopeful another pause in the fighting could come soon

The U.N. human rights chief warns conditions in Gaza are now “beyond crisis point” as concerns grow for civilians and hostages still being held there.
December 01
VIDEO: US officials hopeful another pause in the fighting could come soon