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Voter turnout plunges below 30% in Hong Kong election …

Pedestrians walk past posters promoting candidates 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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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 win support …

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with Cape Verde's Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva, in Cape Verde, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 while he travels to Argentina for the inauguration of the newly-elected President Javier Milei. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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 rules …

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)

In coup-hit West Africa, regional leaders recognize Niger’s …

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, right, attends an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. In a renewed push for the respect for democracy across coup-hit West Africa, leaders from across the region kicked off a crucial meeting in Nigeria on Sunday and admitted for the first time that their efforts to stem the tide of coups have achieved little success.(AP Photo)

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At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels …

Big Wind Carpenter sings during an event for farmers at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Thousands demonstrate against antisemitism in Berlin …

Participants in a demonstration protest against anti-Semitism under the slogan "Germany stands up - Never again is now!" in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

Drug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt …

FILE - A friend pays his final respects to murdered journalist Lourdes Maldonado who was shot dead in her car when arriving home, in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 27, 2022. In the first month of 2022, two journalists were shot to death in two separate attacks in one week in Tijuana. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Philippines says Chinese coast guard used water cannons …

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship uses water cannons on Philippine navy-operated supply boat M/L Kalayaan as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Dec. 10, 2023. The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, just a day after similar hostilities at another contested shoal, Philippine officials said.(Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Egyptians vote for president, with el-Sissi certain …

Egyptian voters line up to cast their votes for the presidential elections at a polling station, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Egyptians began voting Sunday in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who faces no serious challenger, is certain to win another term, keeping him in power until 2030. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

For Putin, winning reelection could be easier than …

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. President Vladimir Putin is likely to win another six-year term easily in an election expected in March, using his sweeping grip on Russia’s political scene to extend his tenure of over two decades in power. But he faces daunting challenges. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, …

FILE - Eleanor Roosevelt talks with Rene Cassin, French member of the United Nations Commission on human rights, before Mrs. Roosevelt's speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, Sept. 28, 1948. Seventy-five years ago on Sunday Dec. 10, 2023, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris. It laid one of the foundation stones of the international order that emerged following the horrors of World War II. (AP Photo/File)