BELEM, Brazil (AP) – U.N. climate negotiations began Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon as leaders pushed for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it. But top U.S. negotiators were absent.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) – Shubman Gill’s India squad is taking confidence out of a rain-marred 2-1 series win over Australia ahead of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup it is co-hosting with Sri Lanka early next year.

NEW YORK (AP) – Frustration is mounting over the growing number of flight cancellations and delays at airports across the United States, however those disruptions are scheduled to get worse this week and linger even after the government shutdown ends.