President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk between AIDS Memorial Quilts spread over the South Lawn at the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates on Sunday in Washington. The Associated Press

Nation

Five missing off Alaskan coast

The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and cold seas southwest of Alaska’s capital city of Juneau.

The crew on the Wind Walker sent a mayday call that the vessel was overturning around midnight. The Coast Guard’s attempts to get more information from the crew went unanswered. Responders are facing heavy snow, winds up to 60 mph and 6-foot seas.

Southwest ends cabin service earlier

Southwest Airlines is ending cabin service earlier to reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries. The company says beginning on Dec. 4, flight attendants will start preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet instead of 10,000 feet.

For passengers, that means returning their seats to an upright position and other pre-landing procedures earlier than before. While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, injuries have piled up over the years.

New York

Stellantis CEO Tavares resigns

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is stepping down after nearly four years in the top spot of the carmaker that owns brands like Jeep and Ram, following a continued struggle with slumping sales. The world’s fourth-largest automaker announced that its board accepted Tavares’ resignation Sunday, executive immediately.

As head of PSA Peugeot, Tavares took control of the company in January 2021 when it merged with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Beyond Jeep and Ram, Stellantis’ portfolio also includes brands such as Chrysler, Dodge and Citroën.

World

Canada

Trudeau makes case on tariffs

TORONTO — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and some key cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair.

Kirsten Hillman says Trudeau’s dinner with Trump on Friday was a very important step in getting Trump to back away from threatened tariffs on all products.

Lebanon

Syria launches counterattacks

BEIRUT — The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back insurgents who seized the country’s largest city of Aleppo.

Insurgents launched a two-pronged attack on Aleppo and the countryside around Idlib, before moving toward neighboring Hama province.

The Hague

Landmark climate change case opens

The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday. It opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its impact.

Island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters have lobbied for years for such a court case. The U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice last year for an opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.”