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The released clerics include Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who had been in prison for almost a year. Photo: alan putra/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesNicaragua on Sunday released a group of 19 clergymen from prison, including Bishop Rolando Álvarez, the country’s most prominent political prisoner, and expelled them to the Vatican. The government of authoritarian President Daniel Ortega said Sunday that the release was a result of negotiations with the Vatican. The group also includes Bishop Isidoro Mora, 15 priests and two seminarians.
Persons: Bishop Rolando Álvarez, alan putra, Daniel Ortega, Bishop Isidoro Mora Organizations: Agence France, Getty, Sunday, Vatican, Bishop Locations: Nicaragua
They were photographed during an escorted tour with the Israeli military. Image More than 23,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since the war began, according to Gazan health officials. Image Houthi fighters at a protest in Sana, Yemen, on Sunday against U.S.-led airstrikes targeting Houthi military sites. “Nothing’s fair in Gaza,” Mr. Sindawi said in a text message. Although the Israeli military has said it is scaling back its operations in the north, its forces continue to clash with Hamas fighters there.
Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, , Netanyahu, ” Mr, Israel ”, Fatima Shbair, Mr, Khaled Abdullah, Hassan Nasrallah, , ” Philippe Lazzarini, Rajab al, Sindawi, Gabi Siboni, Siboni, Fuad Khuffash, Khuffash, hasn’t, Hamas’s, Herzi Halevi, Marco Longari, Jonathan Dekel, Chen, Sagui, Hwaida Saad, Ameera Harouda, Roni Caryn Rabin, Gabby Sobelman, Myra Noveck, Matthew Mpoke Bigg Organizations: Hamas, Credit, United Nations ’, United, Sunday, U.S, Reuters, United Nations, ., Agence France, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, West Bank, Protesters, Gaza Locations: Gaza, United States, Israel, Hague, South Africa, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Red, Sana, Gaza City, Tel, Rafah, Egypt, Nablus, Tel Aviv, Gaza . Credit, American, London , Washington , New York, London, , Washington, U.S
Bernardo Arévalo’s election victory has been upheld by Guatemala’s electoral court, and the U.S. government and Congress have backed the results. Photo: Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesBernardo Arévalo is set to take office Sunday as president of Guatemala with pledges to tackle the corruption and poverty that have fueled a wave of migration to the U.S., but an open confrontation with the country’s judiciary risks putting his plans in jeopardy. The 65-year-old center-left sociologist has been locked in a monthslong tussle for power with the country’s establishment since emerging as a surprise front-runner in last year’s election campaign. His win in August has been marked by allegations of fraud against him and his party leveled by Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras and several prosecutors.
Persons: Bernardo Arévalo’s, Johan Ordonez, Bernardo Arévalo, Consuelo Porras Organizations: U.S, Congress, Agence France, Getty, Guatemalan Locations: Guatemala, U.S
Waves crashed over a sea wall in Revere, Mass., on Saturday as officials warned of possible flooding in low-lying areas. Photo: joseph prezioso/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesRoughly 400,000 homes were without power in the U.S. on Saturday as heavy snow and ice caused major disruptions on both coasts, ahead of a creeping front of Arctic cold that threatens to bring record-low temperatures to much of the country. Parts of the upper Midwest, particularly around the Great Lakes region, got a second day of pelting snow and blizzard-like conditions, while areas in New England and the East Coast dealt with rain and scattered flash flooding, the National Weather Service said.
Persons: joseph prezioso Organizations: Agence France, National Weather Service Locations: Revere , Mass, U.S, Midwest, New England
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel and the outbreak of the war in Gaza, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have doubled, the United Nations says. Photo: thomas coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The Biden administration is set to restrict travel to the U.S. by extremist Israeli settlers and others it holds responsible for undermining security in the West Bank. The decision, announced Tuesday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken , comes in response to rising tension in the West Bank and a spike in clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinian civilians in the aftermath of Hamas’s deadly attack on Oct. 7. The statement didn’t specify that Israeli settlers in particular would be targeted by the visa restrictions, instead describing “individuals believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security, or stability in the West Bank.” The statement also indicates the restrictions could apply to Palestinians who attack Israelis.
Persons: thomas coex, WASHINGTON —, Biden, Antony Blinken Organizations: West Bank, Nations, Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON Locations: Israel, Gaza
Kim Jong Un Urges Women to Be Good Comrades—and Give Birth
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Dasl Yoon | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
North Korean women face widespread discrimination in the country’s deeply patriarchal society. Photo: kim won jin/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSEOUL— Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies. Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging birthrate for the first time publicly at a rare National Conference of Mothers. Wiping away tears, the 39-year-old dictator, who is a father of three, described mothers as revolutionaries who were on the front lines of rooting out antisocialist behavior and helping the nation prosper.
Persons: kim, Kim Jong, Kim Organizations: Agence France, Getty, North, National Conference of Locations: SEOUL
Signs of a Weakening Job Market, in Five Charts
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Austen Hufford | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
People waiting in line to speak with prospective employers during a career fair in Los Angeles last month. Photo: Frederic j. brown/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe hot labor market that underpinned a surprisingly strong economy this year is showing signs of cooling, an indication that growth could ease in 2024. The unemployment rate has edged higher this year, Americans are taking longer to find new jobs, and wage growth is slowing. New Labor Department data on job openings, to be released Tuesday, and Friday’s November jobs report could provide additional clues about if the historically tight labor market is starting to loosen.
Persons: Frederic Organizations: France, New Labor Department Locations: Los Angeles
Purdue Pharma headquarters in 2019; a Purdue lawyer said in court Monday that if a settlement with the company didn’t go forward, opioid-crisis victims might not see compensation. Photo: timothy a. clary/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices wrestled Monday with the uncomfortable bargain struck between most victims of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma promoted the addictive painkiller OxyContin: providing timely compensation for survivors in exchange for granting the wealthy family immunity from future civil lawsuits. That settlement was reached before a bankruptcy judge and approved in May by a federal appeals court in New York. It would see the Sacklers pay $6 billion to individual victims and state governments in exchange for eliminating potential liability for additional claims, such as fraud—even though they, unlike Purdue, haven’t sought bankruptcy protection. The deal was made under a catchall provision of federal law authorizing bankruptcy judges to issue orders and judgments that may be “necessary or appropriate” to resolve cases.
Persons: timothy, clary, Sackler, haven’t Organizations: Purdue Pharma, Purdue, Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON Locations: New York
Ukraine is using Leopard tanks more like long-range artillery than attack vehicles, AFP reported. AdvertisementUkraine is using the advanced Leopard tanks it received from its Western allies defensively rather than as penetrative offensive weapons, news agency Agence France-Presse reported. A Leopard tank's 120mm cannon has an effective range of about 2.4 miles, while an M777 howitzer has a 13-mile range, more than 5 times as far. AdvertisementUkraine's allies agreed to give it Leopard tanks in January, after months of Ukrainian requests and after pressure from its smaller allies that didn't have any of their own to give. AdvertisementWhile Ukraine waited, Russia built formidable defenses and turned Ukraine into the world's most heavily mined country.
Persons: , Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: AFP, Service, Agence France, Ukraine's 21st Mechanised Brigade, Leopard Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's, Swedish
Nvidia’s Rivals Prepare Their AI Assault
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
AMD CEO Lisa Su has told investors that the company expects $2 billion in revenue from its new AI chips next year. Photo: robyn beck/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesNvidia was never going to have the artificial intelligence market all to itself. The past year has certainly made it seem that way, though. Nvidia’s sales have more than doubled—and its market value more than tripled—as major tech companies snapped up the company’s chips to capitalize on the explosive interest in generative AI sparked by the launch of the ChatGPT online chatbot a year ago. Intel and Advanced Micro Devices , two of Nvidia’s largest competitors, have seen their data-center sales shrink lately as the tech giants operating those networks have redirected their spending toward Nvidia’s specialized chip platforms.
Persons: Lisa Su, robyn beck Organizations: Agence France, Nvidia, Intel, Devices
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was driven away from her home by police in Hong Kong in 2020. Photo: Vernon yuen/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesHONG KONG—Prominent pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow said she was exiling herself in Canada after getting her passport back from police in return for taking a patriotic trip to China, an exchange that sheds light on Hong Kong’s efforts to re-educate political opponents. Chow, who is on police bail while under investigation on suspicion of national-security crimes, said she was taken across the border to mainland China in August by five Hong Kong officials. In the neighboring city of Shenzhen, she was taken to an exhibition documenting China’s achievements and to the headquarters of tech giant Tencent.
Persons: Agnes Chow, Vernon yuen, exiling, Chow Organizations: Agence France, Getty, HONG, Hong Locations: Hong Kong, HONG KONG, Canada, China, Shenzhen
Activist Flees Hong Kong After Re-Education Trip to China
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Elaine Yu | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was arrested in Hong Kong in 2020. Photo: Vernon yuen/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesHONG KONG—Prominent Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow said she was exiling herself in Canada after getting her passport back from police in return for taking a patriotic trip to China, an exchange that sheds light on Hong Kong’s efforts to re-educate political opponents. Chow, who is on police bail while under investigation on suspicion of national-security crimes, said she was taken across the border to mainland China in August by five Hong Kong officials. In the neighboring city of Shenzhen, she was taken to an exhibition documenting China’s achievements and to the headquarters of tech company Tencent.
Persons: Agnes Chow, Vernon yuen, exiling, Chow Organizations: Agence France, Getty, HONG, Hong Locations: Hong Kong, HONG KONG, Canada, China, Shenzhen
AT&T Drops Nokia for Ericsson in $14 Billion Deal
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Drew Fitzgerald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
AT&T said its shift to Ericsson will fast-track its network overhaul and allow it to buy hardware and software from a broader range of suppliers in future years. Photo: patrick t. fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesAT&T struck a deal with Ericsson to buy up to $14 billion of its hardware and services after the Swedish equipment supplier pledged to open up its software to competing systems. The five-year agreement would move virtually all of AT&T’s new purchases of certain cell-tower equipment to Ericsson, replacing existing machinery from Finnish rival Nokia in many markets. The Dallas-based telecom giant said it plans to start the swap next year and aims to have 70% of its wireless network traffic passing through open platforms by late 2026.
Persons: patrick Organizations: Ericsson, fallon, Agence France, Getty, Nokia Locations: Swedish, Dallas
Arizona became the first state to offer funding for private or home schooling to any family who opts out of public schools. Photo: Olivier Touron/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWhen Doug Ducey signed an expansive and unprecedented school choice law as Arizona governor last year, he pitched it as a way to help students escape struggling public schools. “Our kids will no longer be locked in underperforming schools,” Ducey said in a statement at the time. “We’re unlocking a whole new world of opportunity for them and their parents.”
Persons: Olivier Touron, Doug Ducey, ” Ducey, Organizations: Agence France Locations: Arizona
A sweeping ruling by the Supreme Court could upend many rules affecting partnerships, multinational companies and bond investors. Photo: mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—A case that could punch holes in the federal tax code heads to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court will hear arguments in Moore v. U.S., which challenges a piece of the 2017 tax law that imposed a one-time levy on profits that companies had accumulated outside the U.S. But its implications could reach much further, providing the justices an opportunity to define what Congress can tax under the Constitution—and what it can’t.
Persons: mandel ngan, Moore Organizations: Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON Locations: Moore v .
President Biden has built the case for a second term by saying his policies have strengthened the labor market. Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—President Biden likes to talk about “jobs, jobs, jobs” when touting his economic record. The problem is that voters are far more worried about prices, prices, prices. The disconnect is one reason why his Bidenomics re-election pitch is landing flat despite a broadly resilient U.S. economy that has defied expectations. Prices have gone up by 19% since the start of the pandemic, a hard-to-forget leap that has left voters in search of someone to blame.
Persons: Biden, andrew caballero, reynolds Organizations: Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON —
Rising interest rates factor into the Internal Revenue Service’s latest move on taxes. Photo Illustration: WSJ; STEFANI REYNOLDS/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesFailing to keep up with tax payments now could lead to an expensive surprise come next spring. As of Oct. 1, the Internal Revenue Service is charging 8% interest on estimated tax underpayments, up from 3% two years ago. The increase is one of the many effects of rising interest rates.
Persons: STEFANI REYNOLDS Organizations: Agence France, Internal Revenue Service
I was sitting in my apartment in Beirut on the evening of Oct. 13 when I read that journalists had been struck by a missile attack in southern Lebanon. My close friend, Issam Abdallah, was working in the area as a cameraman for Reuters to cover the border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah after the war in Gaza began just days earlier. I couldn’t remember the last time he let one of my calls go to voice mail. In one video, a journalist for Agence France-Presse lies in a pool of blood, screaming that she can’t feel her legs. A wave of nausea washed over me as I watched rescue workers wrap Issam and his severed leg in a white sheet, his body charred, barely recognizable.
Persons: Issam Abdallah, Issam Organizations: Reuters, Agence France, Presse Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Syria
King Charles’s response to the latest commotion surrounding the British monarch has been to continue to keep quiet and turn up at public events. Photo: cameron smith/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesLONDON—Allegations of racism in the British monarchy were again thrust into the public domain this week after a translation of a book claimed that King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales, were the mystery royals who had allegedly discussed concerns about the skin color of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ’s son before his birth. The claim was made in a Dutch translation of “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival,” which was quickly pulled by the publishers who said the names had appeared in error. On Friday, virtually every major British newspaper and broadcaster revealed the names.
Persons: King, cameron, King Charles, Catherine , Princess of Wales, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry ’ Organizations: Agence France, British
[1/4] French police secures the access to the Bir-Hakeim bridge after a security incident in Paris, France December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - One person died and two others were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a French national, using a Taser stun gun, Darmanin told reporters. The suspect was on the French security services watch list and was also known for having psychiatric disorders, the interior minister added. The attack took place around 1900 GMT when the man attacked a tourist couple with a knife on the Quai de Grenelle, a few feet away from the Eiffel Tower, mortally wounding a German national.
Persons: Stephanie Lecocq, Gerald Darmanin, Darmanin, Akbar, Dominique Vidalon, Gilles Guillaume, Nick Zieminski, Matthew Lewis, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Saturday . Police, Eiffel, Agence France Presse, Olympic Games, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Grenelle, Afghanistan, Palestine, Gaza
That number is expected to rise after Israel issued a new evacuation order on Saturday for areas in the south. WEST BANK North Gaza GAZA STRIP Israel Mediterranean Sea Gaza 75,000 Area of initial evacuation order 5,000 Deir al Balah Number of people Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order ISRAEL GAZA STRIP Rafah EGYPT 5 mi. North Gaza WEST BANK GAZA STRIP Area of initial evacuation order Israel Mediterranean Sea Gaza 75,000 Deir al Balah 5,000 Number of people Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order GAZA STRIP ISRAEL Rafah 5 mi. Schools that have sheltered displaced people and have been damaged Minor Moderate Major damage WEST BANK North Gaza GAZA STRIP Israel Area of initial evacuation order Gaza Mediterranean Sea Deir al Balah Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order Khan Younis ISRAEL GAZA STRIP Rafah EGYPT 5 mi. North Gaza WEST BANK GAZA STRIP Mediterranean Sea Israel Area of initial evacuation order Gaza Deir al Balah ISRAEL Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order GAZA STRIP Rafah 5 mi.
Persons: Salah al, , Yousef Hammash, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasaballah, Samar Abu Elouf, al Balah ISRAEL, Mr, Hammash, , North Gaza Gaza Deir al Balah Khan Younis, Deir al Balah, Mohammed Salem, Omar El Organizations: Din, Maxar Technologies, Israel, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, WEST BANK, , Norwegian Refugee Council, The New York Times, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Reuters, Agence France Locations: Gaza City, GAZA, Israel, Gaza, WEST, Gaza GAZA, ISRAEL GAZA, Rafah EGYPT, Deir al, ISRAEL Rafah, EGYPT, United, Samar, Gaza’s, al Balah, Khan Younis ISRAEL GAZA, al, al Balah ISRAEL Khan, North Gaza, North Gaza Gaza Deir al, North Gaza Gaza Deir al Balah Khan Younis Rafah, Deir, Rafah, Omar
A merger of Saks and Neiman could help the chains negotiate better terms with suppliers and allow them to strip out duplicate costs. Photo: ed jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSaks Fifth Avenue wants to buy rival Neiman Marcus. But the two luxury retailers can’t agree on the terms of a marriage. This week, Neiman rejected Saks’s most recent takeover offer, which valued the upscale chain at close to $3 billion, according to people familiar with the situation. Neiman objected to the deal’s structure, a significant portion of which wasn’t in cash, some of the people said.
Persons: Neiman, Neiman Marcus Organizations: Saks, Agence France
A merger of Saks and Neiman could help the chains negotiate better terms with suppliers and allow them to strip out duplicate costs. Photo: ed jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSaks Fifth Avenue wants to buy rival Neiman Marcus. But the two luxury retailers can’t agree on the terms of a marriage. This week, Neiman rejected Saks’s most recent takeover offer, which valued the upscale chain at close to $3 billion, according to people familiar with the situation. Neiman objected to the deal’s structure, a significant portion of which wasn’t in cash, some of the people said.
Persons: Neiman, Neiman Marcus Organizations: Saks, Agence France
A string of buoys in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, has largely failed to deter migrants from entering the U.S. Photo: Suzanne Cordeiro/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA federal appeals court has ordered the state of Texas to remove a 1,000-foot floating barrier deployed in the Rio Grande to block migrants from crossing the border illegally. A three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Friday to reinstate a lower court’s ruling that the barrier illegally blocked the river and should be taken out of the water.
Persons: Suzanne Cordeiro Organizations: U.S, Agence France, Fifth U.S, Circuit, Appeals Locations: Rio, Eagle, , Texas, Texas
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg appearing before a House committee last month. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is facing an internal reckoning over allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination, with many employees left skeptical about the agency’s commitment to overhaul its culture. In the weeks since a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that a toxic culture at the FDIC had prompted many female bank examiners to quit over the years, there have been internal debates over who should oversee an external investigation and blowback from employees on multiple division-wide calls.
Persons: Martin Gruenberg, saul loeb Organizations: Agence France, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Street, FDIC
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