World News Desk

• Masks Are Back, Construction Banned and Schools Shut as Toxic Air Engulfs New Delhi

  Associated Press

• Syphilis Cases in U.S. Newborns Skyrocketed in 2022. Health Officials Are Calling for Action.

  Associated Press

• Gaza Health Crisis Deepens for the Chronically Ill as War Intensifies

• U.S. Sees Largest Increase in Infant Mortality Rate in Two Decades

  Associated Press

• Open Hatred of Jews Surges Globally, Inflamed by Gaza War

• Analysis: U.S., Allies Try to Craft Gaza Endgame as Deaths, Destruction Mount

• Ukrainian Troops Battle Exhaustion as War Drags into Second Winter

• Americans Struggle as Expenses Outpace Incomes

  Associated Press

• Brazil Child Cancer Deaths Linked to Soy Farming, Study Finds

• Niger’s Plight: How Sanctions Are Hitting the Most Vulnerable

• ‘I Wanted to Scream’: Growing Conflict in Congo Drives Sexual Assault Against Displaced Women

  Associated Press

• Perilous Path: Chinese Asylum-Seekers’ Journey to America

• The Hamas Tunnel City Beneath Gaza: A Hidden Frontline for Israel

• Broken Lebanon Cannot Afford War, and Hezbollah Knows It

• Rising Food Insecurity: 17 Million U.S. Households Struggled in 2022

  Associated Press

• Iran’s Quandary: How to Stay Out of Israel’s War with Hamas

  Associated Press

• EU Seeks Answers to Rising Security Challenges as Israel-Hamas War Fuels New Concerns

  Associated Press

• China Is Building Up Its Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Faster Than Previous Projections, U.S. Report Says

  Associated Press

• After Rainy Season That Wasn’t, Parched Mexico City Starts Restricting Water

  Associated Press

• Explainer: What You Need to Know About Hezbollah, the Group Backing Hamas Against Israel