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The UN General Assembly on Friday approved a resolution that calls for a "durable and sustained humanitarian truce" in the Israel-Hamas war.

The big picture: The resolution is non-binding, but it carries symbolic weight, particularly as the UN Security Council remains deadlocked on taking action on the war. The U.S. joined 13 other nations in voting against Friday's resolution.

New York City has started offering migrants airplane tickets to destinations of their choosing in response to an increase of asylum seekers arriving in the city.

Why it matters: More than 130,600 people seeking refuge from humanitarian crises around the world have arrived in New York City since 2022. Mayor Eric Adams (D) has warned that the city is running out of space and resources to house them.

Hurricane Otis made landfall directly on Acapulco, Mexico, as a violent Category 5 storm on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and causing extensive damage to the beach resort city.

The big picture: The storm and the flooding it brought with it knocked out electricity and communications for thousands of Acapulco's 780,000 residents, sheared walls from buildings, blew out windows and set off landslides that blocked the city's main highway.

U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by groups linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at President Biden's direction, the Pentagon announced late Thursday.

The big picture: The "precision self-defense strikes" were in "response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria" by Iran-backed groups that began on Oct. 17, per a Pentagon statement. A U.S. defense official told reporters late Thursday Iran was responsible for the attacks against American bases in Syria.

The wealth gap between U.S. Latinos and white Americans can vary greatly depending on which state they live in, according to new research.

The big picture: Researchers have long known that immigration status, educational attainment and country of origin affect Latino's financial net worth. But this new analysis adds a layer to a nuanced topic — and can help policymakers better address economic disparities.

With their country's democracy in peril, thousands of Guatemalans have spent weeks blocking roads and marching to protest against top government officials for what they say are sham investigations into the political party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.

State of play: The protests largely target Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has been banned from the U.S. over corruption allegations, for her office's various moves that critics and human rights watchers say are an attempt to keep Arévalo out of office. Arévalo ran on an anti-corruption platform.

A weakened independent electoral body and the unregulated use of generative AI threaten Mexico's already chaotic presidential elections, experts tell Axios Latino.

State of play: The June 2024 election is set to be the largest in Mexican history, with around 20,000 local, state and federal seats up for grabs.

There is a clear generational divide when it comes to how American voters perceive the war in Israel, according to a slew of new polling data.

Why it matters: This could explain the challenges university leaders have faced in reacting to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks.

President Biden is signaling for the first time what his plan would be for the day after the war in Gaza — a new generation of peace talks in the Middle East on a "two-state solution" in which Israel would co-exist with a Palestinian state.

Why it matters: Biden's call for a "concentrated effort" to begin talking about a two-state solution represents a pivot for the president.