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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. After nearly two years in home hospice care, former President Jimmy Carter died today in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old. Empire's Ron Elving reports Carter was the American president who lived the longest and also lived the longest after leaving office.
Jimmy Carter left the White House in defeat in January 1981, handing the keys to the man who had defeated him, Ronald Reagan. But in a post-presidential career that spanned nearly four decades, Carter set a new standard for achievement by a former chief executive. He founded the nonprofit Carter Center in 1982 and oversaw its many peacekeeping and hunger relief missions in more than 80 countries.
Among his international accolades, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He remained active while fighting liver and brain cancer in his later years, still teaching Sunday school classes and building houses with Habitat for Humanity in his 90s. Ron Elving, NPR News, Washington.
And President Biden called Carter a man of great character and courage, hope and optimism, and says he knows Jimmy and his late wife, Rosalyn, are together once again. President-elect Trump says he and Melania are thinking warmly of the Carter family at this difficult time. Syria's new leader says holding elections could take up to four years. Empire's Dia Hadid has more.
Ahmed al-Sharra spoke to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya to lay out his vision for the country, barely three weeks after his rebels overran Damascus earlier this month, forcing the former leader Bashar al-Assad to flee. Sharra said elections would take time because the country had not had a proper census in years and because Syria needs a new constitution.
Shara says he hopes to hold a national conference with Syrian representatives who can set the agenda. He says at the conference, he'll dismantle the group he leads, HTS, or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Shara also told Arabia that the time of the Syrian revolution was over and the time of nation building had begun. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Damascus.
Wall Street's headed into another quiet week, and Pierre's Rafael Nam reports.
There are only two trading sessions left of the year, and already investors are sitting on some big gains. The S&P is up 25% so far this year. A big reason is that stocks tied to artificial intelligence have continued to do well. Chip company NVIDIA, for example, has seen its share price more than double in 2024. The economy has also remained healthy under President Biden.
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