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Mexico to invest 44 bln USD in infrastructure to drive GDP growth
Mexico's government on Tuesday unveiled a private-sector initiative to rev up the flagging economy by investing nearly 859 billion pesos (about 44 billion U.S. dollars) in infrastructure development.
Situation in Beni, DRC "disturbing," says UN envoy
The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said Tuesday that the situation in the northeastern city of Beni is "disturbing," amid armed attacks and protests against her mission's failure to mitigate them.
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions rise in 2018
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased in 2018 for the first year since 2014, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Tuesday.
UN investigative team for IS crimes in Iraq "fully operational"
The UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State (UNITAD) is fully operational, according to Karim Khan, the head of UNITAD.
One-two punch of storms threatens Thanksgiving travel in US
Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver's airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as Thanksgiving travel moved into high gear.
Yazidi still hears brothers before IS kills them in Iraq
A survivor of the mass slaughter of the Yazidi minority in Iraq five years ago told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he still hears his brothers and nephews calling his name before they were killed by Islamic State extremists — and he hears the screams of his wife and three daughters when the militants kidnapped them.
US judge bars Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants
A U.S. judge in Oregon on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa.
Most people who fled California wildfire allowed to go home
Most of the thousands of people who fled a raging California wildfire in the mountains north of Santa Barbara were told they could return home Tuesday as an approaching storm offered hope the flames would be doused.
Hong Kong tunnel reopens, campus siege nears end
A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened on Wednesday as a weeklong police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing one of the more violent chapters in the city's anti-government protests.
Trump tells impeachment jokes at annual turkey pardon event
President Donald Trump couldn't resist riffing on the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday as he continued the tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey, generating holiday-season laughter at the expense of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, one of his chief antagonists in Congress.