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People watch as former president of the A.N.C. and South Africa Jacob Zuma, casts his ballot on Wednesday May 29, 2024 during general elections in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put them in unknown territory in the short history of their democracy, the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party being the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid

South Africans have voted in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years. It’s a vote that could put their young democracy into unknown territory.

Israeli soldiers work on a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel says it’s taken control of key area of Gaza’s border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels

FILE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a bilateral meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 4, 2023. Lula withdrew his ambassador to Israel on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, announced in Brazil’s official gazette. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Brazil’s president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza

FILE - The Storm Shadow cruise missile is on display during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, on June 19, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Western countries to let Ukraine strike military bases inside Russia with the sophisticated long-range weapons they are providing to Kyiv. It is the most recent sign of a potentially significant policy shift that could help change the complexion of the war. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

France’s Macron urges a green light for Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with Western weapons

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Moldova's President Maia Sandu, right, arrive to give a joint press conference at the Moldovan Presidency in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, Pool)

US pledges $135 million in aid to Western-leaning Moldova to counter Russian influence

ELECTION WATCH 2024

Young women walk in the morning in Plan de Ayala, a Tojolabal village in the Las Margaritas municipality of Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Two women are on Mexico’s ballot for president while women in some Indigenous areas have no voice in their own villages. However, with help from younger generations, some Indigenous women are pushing for change. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A woman will likely be Mexico’s next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power

Seventy years ago, Mexican women won the right to vote, and today the country’s on the verge of electing its first woman president.

FILE - Haiti's then Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks with journalists after a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Oct. 6, 2011. Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Haiti’s new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council

Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country.

MORE ELECTIONS

In this image taken from video, Dick Schoof attends a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. A former head of the Dutch spy agency and counterterrorism office was tipped Tuesday to become the Netherlands' next prime minister, leading a four-party coalition headed by Geert Wilders' hard right Party for Freedom. Dick Schoof, the 67-year-old former head of the General Intelligence and Security Service and currently the top civil servant at the Ministry of Security and Justice, was meeting with the leaders of the four parties and was expected to be announced as their choice to become prime minister at a late afternoon press conference. (RTL Nieuws via AP)

Former intel agency chief set to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister in hard right coalition

North Korea sends over 200 balloons carrying trash over to South Korea

North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in one of its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, prompting the South’s military to mobilize chemical and explosive response teams to recover objects and debris in different parts of the country.

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At least 28 people killed in bus crash in southwest Pakistan

Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections

Israel-Hamas war

FILE - The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations. That’s according to three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas

Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza’s Rafah as offensive expands

The Palestinian flag flies outside Leinster House, Dublin, following the decision by the Government to formally recognise the Palestinian state, Tuesday May 28, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

Russia-Ukraine war

FILE - Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto talks to the media during a press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, on April 2, 2024. Hungary’s top diplomat has visited Belarus for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union’s sanctions against the country. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó declared Wednesday, May 29, 2024 that “our position is clear: the fewer sanctions, the more cooperation!” The EU has slapped a sweeping array of sanctions on Belarus for the repression that followed mass protests fueled by the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Hungary’s foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions, talks about expanding ties

Borussia Dortmund's Emre Can, left, and Niclas Füllkrug and teammates attend a team training session in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of their Champions League final against Real Madrid in London on Saturday. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)

Dortmund seals sponsorship deal with arms manufacturer ahead of Champions League final

United States Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo walks in the city center during an official visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US Treasury official visits Ukraine to discuss sanctions on Moscow and seizing Russian assets

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

A line of unsold 2024 Edge utility vehicles sit at a Ford dealership Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Denver. Policymakers' willingness to keep their key rate at a two-decade peak — thereby keeping costs painfully high for mortgages, auto loans and other forms of consumer borrowing — carries its own risks.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause

Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intention to keep borrowing costs high as long as needed to curb persistently elevated inflation.

FILE - A Conoco gas station sign is shown in Glenside, Pa., Sept. 29, 2021. ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices soar and big oil companies reap massive profits.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

ConocoPhillips buying Marathon Oil for $17.1 billion in all-stock deal as energy prices rise

FILE - Royal Mail vans line up at London's largest sorting office, Mount Pleasant, Sept. 12, 2013. The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail said Wednesday May 29, 2024, it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Kretínsky. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Owner of UK’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a takeover offer from a Czech billionaire

Amea Wadsworth poses for a portrait at her home, Friday, April 19, 2024, in San Diego. Wadsworth, who moved back home after graduating college, wanted to use her first full-time job as a chance to save, and a moment to take a hard look at her spending activity. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

More people make ‘no-buy year’ pledges as overspending or climate worries catch up with them

This photo provided by Chevrolet shows the 2018 Colorado. This midsize truck is available with a four-cylinder engine, a V6 or a turbocharged diesel four-cylinder. (Courtesy of General Motors via AP)

Edmunds: The best used vehicles for young drivers under $20,000

FRENCH OPEN

Serbia's Novak Djokovic clenches his fist after scoring a point against France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic clenches his fist after scoring a point against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a 25th Grand Slam title with a first-round French Open win

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has won his first-round match at the French Open by beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

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French Open 2024: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and more you should know

Analysis: All we know about Rafael Nadal’s future is that we really know nothing at all

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FILE - Leicester's head coach Enzo Maresca applauds fans at the end of the English League Cup third round soccer match between Liverpool and Leicester City at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. There is unprecedented managerial upheaval in the English Premier League. Five of the top 11 teams potentially will have new coaches at the start of next season and another of them changed managers just three months ago. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

All change! Premier League undergoes postseason managerial upheaval with Maresca set for Chelsea

Still plenty of fear for Real Madrid coach Ancelotti despite Champions League final successes

Europe

Masai Bjoerkwall, a junior high school teacher at Viktor Rydberg's School, teaches the history of NATO and the implications of Sweden joining NATO, in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slogan reads “Should we be with authoritarian states?” (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Sweden seeks to answer worried students’ questions about NATO and war after its neutrality ends

Asia

FILE - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thai prosecutors on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, said Thaksin will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

Latin America

Supporters of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrive at the Zocalo for her closing campaign rally in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, on the last day of campaigning ahead of the June 2 general election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico’s election

Middle East

Israeli soldiers drive a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

The Latest | Israel expands Rafah offensive, saying it now controls Gaza’s entire border with Egypt

Africa

A voter fills out a ballot paper during general elections in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Wednesday May 29, 2024. South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put them in unknown territory in the short history of their democracy, the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party being the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa election: When results are expected and why the president will be chosen later

U.S. News

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York. The fallen movie mogul is awaiting a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out. Wednesday's court hearing addressed various legal issues related to the upcoming trial, which is tentatively scheduled for some time after Labor Day. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accusers come forward, New York prosecutors say

South Korea says North Korea has fired a missile toward its eastern waters

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, adding to a streak of weapons demonstrations that has raised tensions.

A firefighter monitors a pump in a river bed used for wildfire sprinklers in the evacuated neighbourhood of Grayling Terrace in Fort McMurray, Alta., Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

Wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub under control, Alberta officials say

Alberta officials say a wildfire in western Canada that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control.

FILE - Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, inspects honor guards after taking an oath of office at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 29, 2023. Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly 50 years ago, sparking widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed without much public input.(AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Nigeria’s new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed

Nigeria has adopted a new national anthem reintroduced nearly a half-century ago after it was dropped for the current one.

Authorities arrest man allegedly running “likely world’s largest ever” cybercrime botnet

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade.

FILE- A drone with an Albanian flag flies over Partizan stadium during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between Serbia and Albania in Belgrade, Serbia on Oct. 14, 2014. A tournament co-hosting bid by Albania and Serbia is an unlikely project in European soccer and politics. The Balkan neighbors’ soccer federations have surprisingly teamed up to persuade UEFA to award them the men’s Under-21 European Championship. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, Files)

Albanian soccer aims for positive political message by teaming with Serbia to bid for Under-21 Euro

A tournament co-hosting bid by Albania and Serbia is an unlikely project in European soccer and politics.

FILE - Bjoern Hoecke, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern federal state of Thuringia, waits for a session of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi phrases, at the regional court in Halle, Germany, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time, a court said Wednesday. (Ronny Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A German court will try a far-right politician next month over a second alleged use of a Nazi slogan

A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time.

FILE - A soldier of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr stands inside a new vaccination centre at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany, before its opening on Monday, March 8, 2021. Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Members of the German military, the Bundeswehr, are required to get vaccinations against a number of diseases — including measles, mumps and flu. COVID-19 was added to the list in November 2021, meaning that anyone who refused to get vaccinated against it could face disciplinary measures. (Tobias Schwarz / Pool via AP, File)

Germany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Mervyn Kersh D-Day veteran who fought in the Normandy Campaign, at his home in London, Monday, April 8, 2024. A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago.

Poland's Iga Swiatek clenches her fist after scoring a point against Japan's Naomi Osaka during their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Iga Swiatek saves a match point and comes back to beat Naomi Osaka at the French Open

Iga Swiatek has saved a match point and come back to beat Naomi Osaka 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5 in the second round of the French Open. Both players own four Grand Slam titles.

Dutch police say they’re homing in on robbers responsible for multimillion-dollar jewelry heist

Dutch police say that an international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a brazen multimillion-dollar jewelry heist at an art show in the Netherlands.

Two-year-old male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16, 2024. Two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China this year. The announcement from the Smithsonian Institution on Wednesday comes about half a year after the zoo sent its three pandas back to China. (Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)

The Panda Party is back on as giant pandas will return to Washington’s National Zoo by year’s end

The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, rear left, attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday May 29, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Egypt and China deepen cooperation during el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing

Egypt and China have signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing.

Fire destroys part of Legoland theme park in western Denmark, melting replicas of famed buildings

A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit, has destroyed part of Miniland, a section of the Legoland theme park in western Denmark with replicas of famous buildings made of Lego bricks.

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)

Singapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence, report says

A preliminary investigation says the Singapore Airlines plane that ran into turbulence last week went through huge changes in gravitational force, leaving one passenger dead and many others injured.

FILE - Afghan children eat in a makeshift shelter after an earthquake in Gayan district in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2022. About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, a nongovernmental organization said Tuesday, May 29, 2024.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi, File)

Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024

About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024. That’s according to nongovernmental organization Save the Children.

FILE - A sign hangs on the facade of the headquarters of Johnny & Associates talent agency founded by Johnny Kitagawa in Tokyo, on July 10, 2019. A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions. Among the issues raised in the report was alleged sexual abuse at the Japanese entertainment company formerly known as Johnny and Associates. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

UN rights group says Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses

A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions.

FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The French prosecutor for New Caledonia says there's been another shooting death in the riot-hit French Pacific territory, with a police officer taken into custody after using their firearm Friday May 24, 2024 when they were set upon by a group of about 15 people. It comes a day after French President Emmanuel Macron made an emergency round-trip from Paris to de-escalate the violence in New Caledonia where Indigenous Kanak people have long sought independence from France. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)

French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities are investigating suspects behind deadly unrest

The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into deadly unrest that has left seven people dead and significant destruction in the Pacific archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France.

A group of migrant women stand behind a metal barrier trying to cross into Poland, in Bialowieza Forest, eastern Poland, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant.

Mining giant BHP pledges to invest in South Africa economy as it seeks support for Anglo bid

Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa’s economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers.

FILE - European flags fly outside the European Parliament on Feb. 7, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Some 400 million EU citizens go to the polls this weekend to elect the members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have searched the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.

This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)

Iran says Saudi Arabia has expelled 6 state media journalists ahead of the hajj after detaining them

Iran says that Saudi Arabia expelled six members of a crew from its state television broadcaster after they had been detained for nearly a week in the kingdom ahead of the hajj.

FILE - Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2024. The top Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military is making an argument for aggressively increasing defense spending over negotiated spending caps. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, is releasing a plan for a “generational investment” that seeks to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense. Sen.

A group of armed men burns a girls’ school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

Police say a group of armed men burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books.

People from the mountaineering community participate in a rally to mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A record-holding Sherpa guide concerned about garbage on higher camps on Mount Everest

One of the greatest Mount Everest guides is concerned about the peak’s growing piles of garbage. Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who has scaled Mount Everest a record 30 times, says garbage has been surfacing as ice and snow melt from the peak.

FILE - A JAS 39 Gripen C/D takes off during military exercise Nordic Response at Luleå-Kallax Airport, near Luleå, Sweden, Monday, March 4, 2024. The Swedish government said Wednesday, May 29, 2024, that it will donate military aid to Ukraine worth 13 billion kronor ($1.23 billion) in the largest help package Sweden has so far donated.(Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Sweden to donate $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine

Sweden will give $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine, in its largest donation so far. It includes air defense, artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.

A man makes a call on his phone near the words for Beijing outside a mall in Beijing, Friday, May 24, 2024. The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China's economy, while warning that consumer-friendly reforms are needed to sustain strong, high-quality growth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

IMF upgrades its forecast for China’s economy, but says reforms are needed to support growth

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that reforms are needed to sustain growth.

People pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York. Wall Street was poised to open with losses as some major dealmaking and a handful of earnings reports fill the news void until Friday's latest inflation report. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Stock market today: Wall Street wilts to trim its May gains as Dow drops 400 points

U.S. stocks fell under the weight of higher yields in the bond market. The S&P 500 dropped 0.7% Wednesday, sinking further from its record set last week.

Adrian Hirschmueller of the environment organization Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU, shows the counting of beetles on a flower through a magnifying glass during on a small green space during a meeting with the Associated Press ahead of the start of the Citizen-Science-Projekts " insect summer" in central Berlin, Germany, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Set from May 31 to June 9 and Aug. 2 to Aug. 11, the environmental group has invited people to spend an hour counting the insects they see in a 10-meter radius (33-foot) radius and report what they see to NABU. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

How many insects can be counted in an hour? That’s one of this summer’s challenges in Germany

In a strip of greenery between Berlin’s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumble bees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and bugs crawl about.

This photo released by UNDP Papua New Guinea, shows a landslide in Yambali village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, 2024. Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea's recent mass-casualty disaster because of water streams trapped beneath tons of debris and decaying corpses seeping downhill following the May 24 landslide. (Juho Valta/UNDP Papua New Guinea via AP)

Authorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors

Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the South Pacific country’s highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed.

A man splashes water from a roadside tap on his face to cool off on a hot summer day in Lucknow, India, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Weeks of sweltering heat scorch northern India

People in northern India have been struggling with an unrelenting, weekslong heat wave that has forced schools to close in some places and raised the risk of heatstrokes for laborers working outdoors.