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Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, right, with Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, speaks during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel’s ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same. (Erik Flaaris Johansen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel’s isolation

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state. The historic but largely symbolic move further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.

In this image taken from video provided by the Hostage Families Forum, Israeli female soldiers from the Nahal Oz military base are placed against the wall and shackled by members of Hamas after they were taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023. The footage was taken by Hamas militants who stormed the Nahal Oz military base, part of the militant group’s wider assault on southern Israel that killed roughly 1,200 people and took about 250 others hostage. (Hostage Families Forum via AP)

Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas

France's President Emmanuel Macron waves as he boards his Presidential plane to travel to the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia, at the Orly airport, Paris Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says priority is return to calm amid unrest

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, army members carry the flag-draped coffins of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country's northwest, during a funeral ceremony at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash

FILE - A boy waves a Palestinian flag as demonstrators march during a protest in support of Palestinians and calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain, on Jan. 20, 2024. European Union countries Spain and Ireland as well as Norway on Wednesday announced dates for recognizing Palestine as a state. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spain, Ireland and Norway say they will recognize a Palestinian state. Why does that matter?

ELECTION WATCH 2024

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a statement, outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Sunak has set the date of July 4, 2024 for the national election to determine who governs the UK. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

British prime minister sets July 4 election as his Conservatives face biggest challenge in a decade

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set July 4 as the date for a national election as his divided and demoralized Conservative Party faces its biggest challenge to its 14-year rule..

File — A photo of former South African President Nelson Mandela on display at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 27, 2013. Today the ruling African National Congress (ANC) faces growing dissatisfaction from many who feel it has failed to live up to its promises. (AP Photo, File)

South Africa election: How Mandela’s once revered ANC lost its way with infighting and scandals

South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the principle of democracy, equality and a better life for all South Africans.

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FILE - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, right, and then Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, greet supporters at a rally in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, July 1, 2019. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate, slipped up during a campaign speech Friday, May 10, 2024, and said López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but later acknowledged the phrase “could be misinterpreted.” In Mexico it is used to describe a desire for personal economic gain. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexico’s presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist

Norway, Ireland and Spain announce Palestinian recognition

Norway, Ireland and Spain said they are recognizing a Palestinian state in a historic move that drew condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians.

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UK Prime Minister Sunak announces general election for July 4

Venezuelans pay tribute to late president Raisi at Iranian embassy

IRAN HELICOPTER CRASH

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported.

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, army members carry the flag-draped coffins of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country's northwest, during a funeral ceremony at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, army members carry the flag-draped coffins of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country’s northwest, during a funeral ceremony at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week.

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across the Middle East

From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president’s death

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran’s acting president after a helicopter crash?

Israel-Hamas war

FILE - Volunteers from the ZAKA rescue service remove blood stains from a public bomb shelter on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, Nov. 20, 2023. Some allege the accounts of sexual assault were purposely concocted. Zaka officials and others dispute that. Regardless, AP’s examination of Zaka’s handling of the now debunked stories shows how information can be clouded and distorted in the chaos of the conflict. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war

FILE - Israeli soldiers inspect the site of the Nova music festival where at least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas militants on Oct 7, near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Oct. 13, 2023. Some allege the accounts of sexual assault were purposely concocted. Zaka officials and others dispute that. Regardless, AP’s examination of Zaka’s handling of the now debunked stories shows how information can be clouded and distorted in the chaos of the conflict. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Takeaways from AP examination of how 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 originated

FILE - Palestinians line up for free food during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Jan. 9, 2024. The United Nations said Tuesday, May 21, 2024, it suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the U.S. for sea deliveries. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city

Russia-Ukraine war

German's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko during official visit to a thermal power plant which was destroyed by a Russian rocket attack in Ukraine, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, May 20, 2024, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The Biden administration says it's releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Germany’s foreign minister says in Kyiv that air defenses are an ‘absolute priority’ for Ukraine

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, on May 15, 2024. Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)

How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia impacting global nickel prices?

Global nickel prices have been soaring since violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia last week.

FILE - Commuters wait to drive through the Holland Tunnel into New York City during morning rush hour traffic in Jersey City, N.J.,, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. A study published Wednesday, May 22, 2024, says U.S. vehicles hit a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people continue to hang on to their rides largely because new ones cost so much. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Average US vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

FILE - A national flag flies near a container port in Tokyo, on Jan. 20, 2022. Japan’s trade deficit in April grew nearly 8% from a year earlier as the weak yen boosted the value of imports, offsetting gains from a jump in exports, government data showed Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan racks up trade deficit as imports balloon due to cheap yen

A general view of the Bank of England in London, Thursday May 9, 2024. The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% with several policymakers still worrying about some key inflation measures. In a statement Thursday, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep rates unchanged, with the 2 dissenters backing a quarter-point reduction. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

UK inflation lowest in 3 years. Prime Minister Sunak makes it a focus in election call for July 4

FILE - Smoke from an explosion at the TPC Group plant is seen Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Port Neches, Texas. The Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and has agreed to pay more than $30 million related to two explosions in 2019 at their facility in Port Neches, which caused the evacuation of thousands and injured workers, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Marie D. De Jesús//Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Petrochemical company fined more than $30 million for 2019 explosions near Houston

Tennis

A French fan poses with a life-sized cardboard cutout of Rafael Nadal next to Roland Garros main stadium, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Paris. The French Open tennis tournament start Sunday May 26th. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)

A French fan poses with a life-sized cardboard cutout of Rafael Nadal next to Roland Garros main stadium, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Paris. The French Open tennis tournament start Sunday May 26th. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)

Thousands of fans come to see Nadal practice ahead of the French Open

Even before the French Open has started, thousands of tennis fans are lining up to see 14-time champion Rafael Nadal practice.

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Zverev’s stock is rising for the French Open amid questions over Djokovic, Nadal, Sinner and Alcaraz

US Open champ Coco Gauff calls on young Americans to get out and vote. ‘Use the power that we have’

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FILE - The main chemical plant of German Bayer AG is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2019 in Leverkusen, Germany. A low-rise city of 167,000 that grew up around the factories of the pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, Leverkusen has little to draw tourists besides its internationally famed soccer club. The team finished an entire German Bundesliga season unbeaten Saturday and is now targeting trophies in the Europa League and German Cup. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Leverkusen the soccer team is famous. The city not so much

Cristiano Ronaldo to lead Portugal into record sixth European Championship

Europe

FILE - This combo image shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, left, and Leader of the opposition Labour party and Keir Starmer, right, in London, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo)

A UK election has been called for July 4. Here’s what to know

Asia

The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Singapore Airlines, is parked after the SQ321 London-Singapore flight, that encountered severe turbulence, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, near Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Singapore Airlines flight descended 6,000 feet (around 1,800 meters) in about three minutes, the carrier said Tuesday. A British man died and authorities said dozens of passengers were injured, some severely. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

‘Sheer terror': Passengers describe turbulence-hit flight that put 20 in intensive care

Latin America

A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees

Middle East

FILE - Exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Monday, May 20, 2024, that he’s seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

ICC prosecutor’s warrant requests for Israel and Hamas leaders ignite debate about court’s role

Africa

President Joe Biden welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti

U.S. News

Local residents hug in front of their tornado damaged home, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Authorities searching for survivors after tornado slams Iowa; at least 1 dead

This image released by Maxar Technologies shows the overview of the new pier off Gaza and aid trucks on Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies via AP)

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

The U.N. World Food Program says it’s handed out in Gaza the first small amounts of aid that arrived from a U.S.-built pier in the territory.

Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest

Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police are blocking traffic in protest.

This image released by Neon shows Mikey Madison in a scene from "Anora." (Neon via AP)

From ‘Anora’ to ‘The Substance,’ tales of beauty and its price galvanize Cannes

After the competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival got a lackluster start last week, the festival was enlivened by a string of films both fleshy and carnal.

FILE - In this courtroom sketch, Guo Wengui, seated center, and his attorney, Tamara Giwa, left, appear in federal court in New York, March 15, 2023. Guo, who left China a decade ago and became a U.S.-based outspoken critic of his homeland's Communist Party, went on trial in New York on Wednesday for what prosecutors say were multiple frauds that cheated hundreds of thousands of people worldwide of over $1 billion. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)

Wealthy self-exiled Chinese businessman goes on trial in alleged $1 billion fraud scheme

A wealthy Chinese businessman who left his homeland and became a U.S.-based outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party has gone on trial in New York on charges that he defrauded people worldwide of over $1 billion.

Rare tornado hits Haiti, injuring more than 50 people and leaving hundreds homeless

A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes. The U.N.

Egyptian shipwreck survivors enter a police station to be processed following their release from prison, in the town of Nafplio, about 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. A Greek court Monday dismissed a case against nine Egyptian defendants accused of causing a shipwreck off the southern coast of Greece last June that killed several hundred migrants travelling from Libya to Italy. The suspects had spent 11 months in pre-trial prison detention. (AP Photo/Elena Becatoros)

Egyptians accused in deadly shipwreck released from Greek jail after court dismissed the case

A group of Egyptians jailed for nearly a year pending trial for a deadly shipwreck have been released from jail in southern Greece, a day after a Greek court threw out the case against them on grounds that it had no jurisdiction to try it.

China sanctions US defense-related companies and executives over Russia, Taiwan

China has sanctioned 12 defense-related U.S. companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan and to retaliate for earlier American sanctions on Chinese companies tied to Russia.

FILE - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes the keynote address at Nvidia GTC in San Jose, Calif. on March 18, 2024. Nvidia reports earnings on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Nvidia’s profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for artificial intelligence

Nvidia overshot Wall Street estimates as its quarterly profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chip-making dominance that has made the company an icon of the artificial intelligence boom.

Sefika Mustafic kisses the grave of her son, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. On May 23, the United Nations General Assembly will be voting on a draft resolution declaring July 11 the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Bosnian Serb leader reiterates threat to secede from Bosnia ahead of UN vote on genocide

The leader of Bosnia’s Serb-controlled territory has reiterated a threat to secede from the Balkan country, a day ahead of a U.N. vote on establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs.

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal poses with the cup after defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer during the men's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2007. Nadal won 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

If this is Rafael Nadal’s last French Open, it should be similar to Serena Williams’ last US Open

This French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. He has won the clay-court Grand Slam tournament a record 14 times but he is nearly 38 and hip and abdominal injuries have limited him to 20 matches over the past 20 months.

FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media, two days after winning the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 24, 2023. Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch coalition government dominated by an anti-Islam party struggles to find prime minister

The parties that agreed to form a Dutch coalition dominated by the far right are struggling to find a prime minister.

Craig Mackinlay, Conservative MP for South Thanet, is applauded by members of parliament as he returns to the House of Commons for the first time since he was rushed into hospital with sepsis on September 28, which left him with both of his hands and feet amputated, at the Parliament in London, Wednesday May 22, 2024. (House of Commons/UK Parliament via AP)

A UK lawmaker returns to work as ‘the bionic MP’ after losing his hands and feet to sepsis

A British lawmaker has returned to work six months after sepsis forced the amputation of his hands and feet.

FILE - Members of the Bandidos wait in front of the court in Muenster, western Germany, on June 10, 2008. Danish police said Wednesday, May 22, 2024, they are issuing a temporary and immediate ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, File)

Danish police temporarily ban the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence

Danish police have issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama hold a news conference with in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Cameron hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort to cut illegal migration. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort to cut illegal migration, saying small boat arrivals from Albania to the U.K. fell by over 90% in 2023, as the two countries fought people smuggling gangs.

More than 3,000 Pakistanis return home from Kyrgyzstan after recent attacks on foreigners

Pakistan has repatriated more than 3,000 Pakistanis, mostly students, from Kyrgyzstan in the past week after recent attacks on foreigners over an unknown dispute with migrants.

FILE - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, stand for the anthem prior to the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which opened the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2018. World soccer body FIFA has deepened its ties to Saudi Arabia by confirming a sponsorship with the Middle East kingdom’s state oil firm Aramco. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Human rights experts urge FIFA to scrutinize Saudi Arabia before 2034 World Cup vote

FIFA has been urged by international lawyers to uphold its own policy and scrutinize Saudi Arabia’s human rights record before picking the kingdom to host the men’s 2034 World Cup.

American flags fly on the front of the New York Stock Exchange near the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in New York. Markets on Wall Street were mixed early Wednesday but remain at or above record levels as more results from retailers take center stage amid a dearth of economic news. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Stock market today: Wall Street retreats from its records as worries about high interest rates weigh

U.S. stock indexes pulled back from their records as concerns about high interest rates weighed on the market.

Parmanand Sarju, founder of the Long Island Youth Cricket Academy, instructs players during practice at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. " A temporary stadium for next month's T20 Cricket World Cup -- the first major international cricket competition the U.S. is hosting -- is being built atop another ball field in the park where Sarju's academy began more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

Once a popular pastime in America, cricket is returning for the Twenty20 World Cup

Cricket is heading back to the United States. The so-called “gentlemen’s game” with complex rules, funnily worded fielding positions and matches that go on for five days is hardly high up in America’s national consciousness but it wasn’t always this way.

FILE- In this file photo taken on May 25, 2023, veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita is seen arriving at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time. Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month

Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time. He finished his climb to the top of the world Wednesday morning.

Kailash Sirohiya, center, the owner of Nepal's largest news organization is taken away by police after being arrested from the office of Kantipur Publications, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Sirohiya, was arrested for allegedly violating the country's citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. (AP Photo/ Sujan Gurung)

Owner of Nepal’s largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue

The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card.

FILE - A pro-democracy activist holds placards with a picture of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong on Dec. 28, 2020. Zhang Zhan was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, according to a video statement she released Tuesday, May 21, 2024, eight days after her sentence ended. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

A citizen journalist imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ by reporting on COVID in China is released

Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China.

White House Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison holds a dessert of a white chocolate basket with banana ganache, raspberries, peaches, and candied lime zest, during a preview of the State Dinner with Kenya, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Female White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at state dinners for nearly a decade

While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, a female chef duo takes care of the culinary diplomacy.

A passenger, with backpack at right, arrives from Bangkok at a Singapore airport Wednesday, May 22, 2024. A Singapore Airlines flight from London's Heathrow airport to Singapore was diverted and landed in stormy weather in Bangkok on Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Most of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok

Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was battered by severe turbulence have been flown to Singapore from Bangkok.

This May 14, 2024, photo provided by Mattel Inc., shows Venus Williams holding a Venus Williams Barbie Doll in Puerto Rico. Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Mattel Inc. via AP)

Barbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes

Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel.

Repatriated Australian travelers arrive from New Caledonia to Brisbane International Airport, in Brisbane, Australia, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Australia and New Zealand have sent airplanes to New Caledonia to begin bringing home stranded citizens from the violence-wracked French South Pacific territory. (David Clark/Courier Mail/AAP via AP)

Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia

Australia says its military has flown 115 people from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and France will soon evacuate and 100 to the Australian city of Brisbane.

FILE - Yaad Ali, right, and his wife Monuwara Begum, center, and Musikur Alam, stand in their submerged house in Sandahkhaiti, a floating island village in the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The family move away with every flood, and move back to their house every dry season. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India’s river islanders return home in between floods

Yaad Ali, a 56-year-old farmer in northeastern India’s Assam state, lives with his wife Monuwara Begum, and son Musikur Alam on the island of Sandahkhaiti on India’s Brahmaputra river.

FILE - General Humberto Ortega, head of the Nicaraguan Army, confirms the announcement of his retirement from the army at the presidential house in Managua, Nicaragua, May 18, 1994. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nicaraguan police announced he was under watch, citing health reasons, hours after a controversial interview Ortega, the president's brother, gave. (AP Photo/Mark Hume, File)

Nicaraguan police are monitoring the brother of President Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua’s National Police appear to confirm that retired Gen. Humberto Ortega, brother of President Daniel Ortega, has been under guard since local media reports emerged two days earlier that police had surrounded his home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery Monday, May 13, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)

Former Trump adviser and ambassadors met with Netanyahu as Gaza war strains US-Israel ties

An adviser and two ambassadors who served in the Trump administration have met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials from the country.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis. A federal judge on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from the Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)

Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 retired military officers in US Navy bribery case

A federal judge has dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases.

Jenny Erpenbeck, author of 'Kairos', holds the trophy after winning the International Booker Prize, in London, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair

German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the International Booker Prize for the novel “Kairos.”