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Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed …

FILE - AIDS activist Gao Yaojie checks in to a ticket counter at the Beijing Capital airport as she prepares to leave China for the U.S. in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007. Gao, a Chinese doctor who embarrassed the government by exposing the AIDS epidemic in rural China in the 1990s and spent her last decade in exile in the United States, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, at her home in Manhattan. She was 95. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)

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UN officials and activists ramp up the urgency as climate …

United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell's shadow is visible on the U.N. flag as he speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

It’s a tough week for Rishi Sunak. He faces grilling on …

COVID campaigners and families of those who died during the pandemic hold placards outside COVID Inquiry at Dorland House, where British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is giving evidence, in London, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic and is likely to be questioned about the impact of his policies such as the Eat Out to Help Out scheme had on the spread of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A day of 2 prime ministers in Poland begins the delayed …

FILE - The leader of Poland's ruling conservative party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, front row center, attends the first session of the lower house, or Sejm, of the newly-elected parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 13, 2023. The national conservatives who have ruled Poland for eight years are expected to finally relinquish power this week to a centrist bloc led by political veteran Donald Tusk. The transition will come in several steps over three days, starting Monday Dec. 11, 2023, nearly two months since Poles turned out in huge numbers to vote for change in a national election. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Israel battles militants in Gaza’s main cities, with civilians …

Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, in Gaza, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Israeli forces have been rounding up Palestinians in northern Gaza for interrogation as they search for Hamas fighters. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Haaretz)

Russia targets Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Ukraine says …

Ukrainia's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embraces Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei during at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Voter turnout plunges below 30% in Hong Kong election …

Police officers patrol outside a polling station during the District Council elections in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Residents went to the polls on Sunday in Hong Kong's first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing's guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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Live updates | Israel says it’s prepared to fight …

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Khan Younis on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

At COP28, Indigenous women have a message for leaders: …

Briseida Iglesias, an indigenous tribes leader from Panama, poses for a photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iglesias, of Panama, spearheaded a woman-led movement, the Bundorgan Women Network, that came up with a way to cultivate eucalyptus plants to reduce soil salinity — a major problem in coastal areas where seas are rising now because of planetary warming. (Uzmi Athar/Press Trust of India via AP)

In inaugural speech, Argentina’s Javier Milei prepares …

Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei arrives to the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Julian Bongiovanni)

Guyana agreed to talks with Venezuela over territorial …

FILE - The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Nov. 19, 2023. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana's Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals. On Sunday, Dec. 10, the government of Guyana, under pressure from neighboring Brazil and a Caribbean trading bloc, agreed to join bilateral talks with Venezuela over an escalating territorial dispute. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez, File)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Argentina in a bid to …

Ukrainia's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embraces Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei during at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi …

Family of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, husband Taghi Rahmani and their children Ali and Kiana Rahmani, center, watch a torchlight procession in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in Oslo, Norway, Sunday Dec. 10, 2023. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in October for her decades of activism despite numerous arrests by Iranian authorities and spending years behind bars. She is renowned for campaigning for women's rights and democracy in her country, as well as fighting against the death penalty. (Hanna Johre/NTB via AP)

Hong Kong holds first council elections under new …

Police officers patrol outside a polling station during the District Council elections in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Residents went to the polls on Sunday in Hong Kong's first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing's guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service …

A woman takes a selfie with images of members of South Korean K-pop band BTS in front of a cafe in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management agency announced Monday. This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit ‘All I Want for Christmas …

FILE - People shop at Mall of America, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Bloomington, Minn. Billboard has posted a list of top seasonal hits since 2010, and Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been No. 1 for 57 of the 62 weeks it has run, says the chart director. The song is so omnipresent that the Wall Street Journal wrote last year about retail workers driven batty by how many times it comes on in their stores, including one who retreats to the stockroom every time he hears the distinctive opening bells. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

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FILE - Event signage appears above the red carpet at the annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

‘The Zone of Interest’ named best film of the year …

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