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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Israel seizes Gaza’s vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn’t the full invasion many fear

Aid groups say an attack would be catastrophic for the around 1.4 million Palestinians crammed into Rafah, most of whom fled Israel’s onslaught elsewhere in Gaza.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Scenes from Israel and Gaza reflect dashed hopes as imminent cease-fire seems unlikely

Vladimir Putin walks to take his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever

FILE - Solar panels work near the small town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain, Feb. 24, 2023. Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by Ember, a think tank based in London. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)

More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

ELECTION WATCH 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shows the indelible ink mark on his index finger after casting his vote during the third phase of general elections, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims

Millions of Indians across 93 constituencies are voting as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric against Muslims.

A boy holds a placard at a rally for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party leader and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state, M. K. Stalin, in the southern Indian city of Chennai, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi’s Hindu-centric politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exercised near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region.

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Giant portraits of Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the center-right main opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, are displayed on a building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Monday, May 6, 2024. Voters go to the polls on Wednesday in North Macedonia to cast ballots for parliamentary election and presidential runoff, for the second time in two weeks. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

North Macedonia holds presidential and parliamentary elections Wednesday

Aerial images show devastation of deadly Brazil floods

Brazil’s southern city of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off, with the airport and bus station closed and main roads blocked due to a massive flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. (UGC Video by Regis Silva @sulnalente)

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Israeli troops enter Rafah hours after Hamas agrees to a Gaza cease-fire

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Serbia

Israel-Hamas war

A passer-by walks past an entrance to a building at Rhode Island School of Design, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Providence, R.I. Student activists and supporters, who have taken over a portion of the building, are demanding that the school condemn Israel's war effort in Gaza, and that the school divest from investments that benefit Israel. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance

A young woman looks on during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a courtyard of the Free University in Berlin on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe. Some are allowed. Some are stopped

International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Grossi, left, and head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami shake hands at the conclusion of their joint press conference after their meeting in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

Russia-Ukraine war

President Joe Biden meets with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden hosts Romanian leader at the White House to celebrate NATO partnership

FILE - A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

Arrested US soldier to be held for two months in Russia on theft charges

FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

Europe

iolanda of Portugal perform the song Grito during the first semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

The Eurovision Song Contest is kicking off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow

Asia

FILE - Tim McCanon, center, is rescued by the Community Fire Department during severe flooding on Friday, May 3, 2024, in New Caney, Texas. In a world growing increasingly accustomed to wild weather swings, the last few days and weeks have seemingly taken those environmental extremes to a new level. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

Latin America

Volunteers carry an elderly man rescued from an area flooded by heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil’s flooded south struggles to access basic goods

Middle East

FILE - Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2024. Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at concessions by both sides following months of stalemated talks. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Here’s what’s on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire plan

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The UN says there’s ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza. What does that mean?
US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camp for relatives of Islamic State militants in Syria

Africa

Emergency workers on the scene of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Five workers have been killed with 49 still trapped after the building under construction collapsed Monday. (AP Photo)

Rescuers bring out survivors from the rubble a day after a deadly building collapse in South Africa

U.S. News

Carl Kelley and Jon Reynolds search through Kelley's mother's home after it was damaged by a severe storm, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Okla. A tornado destroyed homes, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through the small Oklahoma town. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

After deadly Oklahoma tornado, forecasters warn Midwest residents to brace for more weather

Members of British Columbia's Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via AP)

3 Indian nationals charged with killing Canadian Sikh separatist leader make first court appearance

Two of the three men charged in the slaying of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Singh Nijjar in June made a brief first court appearance.

FILE - Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly (12) throws against the Montreal Alouettes during the first half of a Canadian Football League game in Montreal, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday, May 7, 2024, following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach against both the player and club.(Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

CFL’s Chad Kelly suspended at least 9 games after investigation into ex-coach’s lawsuit

The CFL has suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against both the player and club.

FILE - Argentina's soccer star Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher are holding their World Cup Soccer Ball awards while posing with two young soccer players during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony held in Paris, France, on Nov. 13, 1986. A trophy won by the late Diego Maradona for the best player at the 1986 World Cup that had mysterioulsy disappeared has resurfaced. It will be auctioned in Paris next month, the Aguttes house said on Tuesday May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Lipchitz, File)

Maradona’s World Cup Golden Ball trophy had mysteriously disappeared. It will be auctioned in Paris

Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced. The award which had been missing for decades will be auctioned in Paris next month according to the Aguttes house.

One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating thanks to the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools.

Poland’s Tusk calls secret services meeting after defection of judge to Belarus

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is calling a special meeting of the secret services to discuss alleged Russian and Belarusian influence.

An Italian governor accused in a corruption probe has been placed under house arrest

The governor of the Italian region surrounding the port city of Genoa has been placed under house arrest as part of a corruption investigation.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, waves during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, on Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Prince Harry arrived in London on Tuesday May 7, 2024 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games but won’t see his father during the visit, a spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick, File)

Prince Harry celebrates Invictus Games in London but won’t see his father, King Charles III

Prince Harry has arrived in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games but he won’t see his father on this visit.

FILE - Drake poses at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion that left a security guard seriously wounded. Authorities did not confirm whether Drake was at home at the time of the shooting, but said his team is cooperating. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday in the affluent Bridle Path neighborhood of Toronto. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Police investigating shooting outside Drake’s mansion that left security guard wounded

Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion that left a security guard seriously wounded.

FILE - In this June 16, 2020 file photo, the sun is reflected on Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Apple will reports earnings on Thursday May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Apple’s biggest announcements from its iPad event: brighter screen, faster chips and the Pencil Pro

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — lineups that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system.

Pope Francis appoints new bishop in Tennessee after former bishop’s resignation under pressure

Pope Francis has appointed Reverend James Mark Beckman as Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, almost a year after the previous bishop resigned following claims he mishandled sex abuse allegations.

FILE - Joan Torrent, 64, walks toward his house carrying two plastic jugs of water refilled at a natural spring in Gualba, about 50 km, (31 miles) northwest of Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024. Spain’s Catalonia region will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought, regional authorities said Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Rainfall allows Spain’s Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought

Authorities in Spain’s Catalonia region say they will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought.

Former head of one of China’s top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption

A Chinese court sentenced the former head of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers to 16 years in prison on charges of accepting bribes and abusing his authority, part of leader Xi Jinping’s politically-tinged anti-corruption campaign.

Pakistan’s military says recent suicide attack that killed 5 Chinese was planned in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s military says a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighboring Afghanistan and that the bomber was an Afghan citizen.

A banner of a Colombian-born American missing woman Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, 40, is displayed on a streetlight in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 16, 2024. The estranged husband of the woman who disappeared three months ago in Spain has been charged by U.S. federal agents with her kidnapping. U.S. marshals arrested David Knezevich at Miami International Airport on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

FBI lays out detailed case against Florida man accused in wife’s disappearance in Spain

The FBI has laid out a detailed case showing why agents believe a Florida man is behind his estranged wife’s disappearance in Spain, but gave no indication about what they believe happened to her.

FILE - People march during the LGBTQ+ parade at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. On Tuesday May 7, 2024 , the Czech Republic's highest legal authority ruled to dismiss part of a law requiring people to undergo surgery, including sterilisation and change of sexual organs, to be able to officially change their gender. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Czech Republic’s top court rules that surgery is not required to officially change gender

The Czech Republic’s highest court on Tuesday ruled to dismiss part of a law requiring people to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilization, in order to officially change their gender.

Suspected bugging equipment in room where Polish Cabinet was to meet said to be an old sound system

A Polish official said bugging devices were found in a room where the Polish Cabinet was scheduled to meet, but another official later said the equipment was part of an old sound system in the building.

FILE - New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton, bottom, reacts in front of Seattle Storm center Ezi Magbegor, top, as a jump ball is called during the first half of a WNBA basketball game May 30, 2023, in Seattle. Two WNBA players were among a dozen Americans that opted to play in Russia this past offseason, a decision Thornton said raised a few eyebrows following Brittney Griner’s incarceration in 2022. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Two WNBA players were among a dozen Americans who played in Russia after Brittney Griner’s arrest

Two WNBA players were among a dozen Americans who opted to play in Russia this past offseason following Brittney Griner’s incarceration in 2022.

FILE - Parliament members attend a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. EU countries rubberstamped a plan worth six billion euros ($6.45 billion) in support of Western Balkans states Tuesday, May 7, 2024, aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, in view of their future membership to the bloc. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU Council adopts a plan worth 6 billion euros for Western Balkans to speed up enlargement process

EU countries have approved a plan worth 6 billion euros ($6.45 billion) to support Western Balkan states aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc.

FILE - Former President Boris Yeltsin, left, smiles as he talks to Russian acting President and Premier Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Russia, Dec. 31, 1999. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Key events of Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power in Russia

Throughout his 24 years in power in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has launched wars, cracked down on the political opposition and LGBTQ+ activists, stifled most independent media and consolidated his power by engineering changes to the constitution to extend his rule.

Security officers gather in a corridor after searching the office of German MEP Maximilian Krah at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday May, 7, 2024. Germany's top prosecutor's office says that authorities are searching the European parliament office of Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party's top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Krah, has been under scrutiny after an assistant of his was arrested last month on suspicion of spying for China. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Police search Brussels office of prominent far-right German lawmaker over China spying allegations

Germany’s top prosecutor’s office says authorities are searching the European Parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels.

Soldiers participate in a parade commemorating the victory of Dien Bien Phu battle in Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Vietnam is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, where the French army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ending the French colonial rule in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam celebrates 70 years since Dien Bien Phu battle that ended French colonial rule

Vietnam has started commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu battle in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops.

In this image from a video, Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch speaks at a press conference in Perth, Australia Sunday, May 5, 2024. A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Australian boy killed by police was in deradicalization program since causing school explosion

Australian police say a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man had been engaged in a deradicalization program since he detonated a homemade explosive device in a school toilet block two years ago.

American is sentenced to 10 days in jail for reportedly breaking into a Russian children’s library

An American English-language tutor has been arrested in Moscow on hooliganism charges for reportedly breaking into a children’s library while intoxicated and has been sentenced to 10 days in jail.

FILE - This photo shows a balloon of the Mario character of Mario Bros. during an event in Tokyo, on Feb. 15, 2024. Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday, May 7, 2024 that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home console sometime before March 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s announcement about a successor to its Switch home console is coming sometime before March 2025.

A knife attack at a Chinese hospital kills 2 people and injures 21. The motive is unclear

A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China has killed two people and injured 21 others. No motive was given for Tuesday’s attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province.

FILE - Actress Mary Mina, playing high priestess, right, lights a torch during the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, April 16, 2024. The Olympic torch finally enters France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday May 8, 2024, on an armada from Greece. After leaving Marseille a vast relay route will be undertaken before the torch's odyssey ends on July 27 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

From Marseille to Mont-Blanc: What to know about the journey of the Olympic torch to Paris

The Olympic torch will finally enter France. It’s due to reach the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday and already, it has been quite a journey.

The New York Stock Exchange is shown on May 7, 2024, in New York. Wall Street shifted between small losses and gains before the opening bell as more corporate earnings arrive during what is otherwise expected to be relatively quiet week. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish in a quiet day of trading

U.S. stocks held relatively steady as trading on Wall Street calmed following some sharp recent swings. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Tuesday, its fourth straight gain.

Congo military releases 2 Kenya Airways staffers held for 2 weeks over cargo dispute

Kenya says the Republic of Congo’s military has released two Kenya Airways staffers who were detained for two weeks in a cargo dispute.

FILE - Russian Permanent Representative to the U.N. Vassily Nebenzia addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the United Nations headquarters. Russia has defended its veto of a U.N. resolution calling on all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space. Nebenzia, on Monday, May 6, accused the West of planning for the military exploration of outer space, including the deployment of weapons. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Russia defends veto of UN resolution to prohibit nukes in outer space, urges vote to ban all weapons

Russia on Monday defended its veto of a U.N. resolution urging all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space, challenging the U.S., Japan and their Western allies to support Moscow’s rival resolution calling for a ban on all weapons in space “for all time.”

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks April 2, 2024, at a rally in Green Bay, Wis. Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump’s attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on stereotypes of Jews and politics. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer, File)

Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric

Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue.