Global News Highlights by AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit.

The leaders agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decades-old partnership with Russia.

And a federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses. (December 5)