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Offshore Typhoon Mawar lashes eastern Taiwan, northern Philippines as it heads for southern Japan

Typhoon Mawar lashed Taiwan’s eastern coast with wind, rains and large waves Tuesday but largely skirted the island after giving a glancing blow to the northern Philippines
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In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard personnel check on a fisherman while conducting patrol along shore lines in Ilocos Norte province, northern Philippines, as they prepare for the possible effects of Typhoon Mawar on Monday, May 29, 2023. Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country's northern provinces a week after battering the U.S. territory of Guam. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
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Moscow mayor confirms drone attack on Russian capital, says two residential buildings damaged

Moscow mayor confirms drone attack on Russian capital, says two residential buildings damaged
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Pro-Imran Khan Pakistani TV journalist returns home after being freed

A prominent Pakistani television journalist who went missing last week has returned home after being released by his captors
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Moscow mayor reports drone attack in Russian capital with minor damage to buildings

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a drone attack on the Russian capital on Tuesday morning
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Emergency workers extinguish a fire in a parked car, caused by falling debris from the latest aerial Russian attack in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)
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Russia launches pre-dawn attack on Kyiv, killing at least 1; Moscow attacked by drones

Russia has launched a pre-dawn attack on Ukraine’s capital, killing at least one person and sending Kyiv’s residents again scrambling into shelters
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Emergency workers extinguish a fire in a parked car, caused by falling debris from the latest aerial Russian attack in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)
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Report: At least 153 people arrested under special powers have died in Salvadoran prisons

At least 153 people jailed since El Salvador instituted emergency powers in March 2022 to confront the country’s powerful street gangs have died in state custody
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FILE - In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, inmates identified by authorities as gang members are moved at the prison, Terrorism Confinement Center, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. At least 153 people jailed since El Salvador instituted emergency powers in March 2022 to confront the country’s powerful street gangs have died in state custody, according to a report released Monday, May 29, 2023, by the human rights group Cristosal. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP, File)
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Thousands evacuate from Nova Scotia wildfires

Wildfires in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia have caused thousands to evacuate
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Thick plumes of heavy smoke fill the Halifax sky as an out-of-control fire in a suburban community quickly spread, engulfing multiple homes and forcing the evacuation of local residents, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Sunday May 28, 2023. (Kelly Clark/The Canadian Press via AP)
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China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030

China has launched a spacecraft carrying a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station
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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
May 29

Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli wins Reina Sofia poetry prize

Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, has been awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize
May 29
FILE - Nicaraguan author Gioconda Belli poses for a portrait at a hotel in Bogota, Colombia, April 30, 2005. Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, was awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry Prize Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Zoe Selsky, File)
May 29

Argentina: Prosecutor calls for trial of suspects in VP assassination attempt

The prosecutor in Argentina who is leading the investigation into the failed assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has called for the three detained suspects to face trial as he said there is so far no evidence tha...
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Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez waves at a rally in Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her late husband President Nestor Kirchner's inauguration. (AP Photo/Mario De Fina)
May 29

Trustee of bankrupt Bolivian bank falls from 15th floor: Suicide or foul play?

A prosecutor in Bolivia has launched an investigation into the mysterious death of the trustee of a bankrupt bank who fell from the 15th floor of a building and his family disputed claims he took his own life
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North Korea says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June

North Korea says it plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June
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FILE - South Korean army's K-2 tanks fire during a South Korea-U.S. joint military drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 25, 2023. North Korea on Tuesday, May 30, confirmed plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June and described such capacities as crucial for monitoring the United States' "reckless" military exercises with rival South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
May 29

Police fire tear gas and protesters burn vehicles near home of Senegal's main opposition leader

Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal’s main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital days before a court verdict is expected
May 29
Demonstrators stand next to a barricade set on fire during a protest in support of the main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, May 29, 2023. The clashes came a day after police stopped Sonko's "freedom caravan," traveling from his hometown of Ziguinchor, in the south and where he is the mayor, to the capital, Dakar, where he was forced into a home he has in the city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
May 29

5 Greek border police officers arrested on suspicion of working with migrant smugglers

Greek authorities say they have arrested five police officers from a special border guard force on suspicion of working with smugglers to help migrants cross into the country from neighboring Turkey
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May 29

Police: Puerto Rico assailants targeting drug rival killed 2 and injured 13

Authorities in Puerto Rico say that drug trafficking was behind a mass shooting over the weekend outside a bar that killed two people and injured 13 others
May 29
The Piel Kanela restaurant-bar and mini-market stands in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the day after a fatal shooting, Monday, May 29, 2023. Assailants killed two people and injured 13 the previous day when they fired indiscriminately outside the bar during a birthday party, according to police. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
May 29

UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the galaxy’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after it launched the successful Hope spacecraft to Mars in 2020
May 29
This computer graphic rendering made available by UAE Space Agency, Monday, May 29, 2023, shows the MBR Explorer, named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the spacecraft that will be completing the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid belt. The United Arab Emirates Space Agency unveiled plans Monday to build and send a spacecraft on an exploration of the main asteroid belt. Dubbed the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, the latest project by the oil-rich nation aims to develop a craft over six years and then launch it in 2028 to study various different asteroids. (UAE Space Agency via AP)
May 29

Lebanese officials say Saudi Arabian citizen kidnapped in Beirut, motive unclear

Lebanon’s interior minister and security officials say assailants have kidnapped a Saudi Arabian citizen in the Lebanese capital of Beirut
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Rescue groups say Malta coordinated the return of 500 migrants to Libya instead of saving them

Rescue groups are accusing the European island nation of Malta of coordinating the return of around 500 people to Libya where they were subsequently imprisoned, in violation of international maritime law
May 29
FILE - Members of the Maltese armed forces escort the catamaran carrying Pope Francis and leaving Valletta's harbor for Gozo in Malta Saturday, April 2, 2022. Rescue groups are accusing the European Island nation of Malta of coordinating the return of around 500 people to Libya where they were subsequently imprisoned, in violation of international maritime law. (Andreas Solaro/Pool via AP, File)
May 29

Teenage girl in Guyana charged as adult with 19 counts of murder in dormitory fire

A teenage student who police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girl’s dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder
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In this photo provided by Guyana's Department of Public Information, the dormitory of a secondary school is burned in Mahdia, Guyana, Monday, May 22, 2023. A nighttime fire raced through the dormitory early Monday, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others, authorities said. (Guyana's Department of Public Information via AP Photo)
May 29

Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian currency, its strongman leader Lukashenko says

Belarus and Russia have no immediate plans to adopt a joint currency, Belarus' strongman leader announced on Monday
May 29
In this handout photo released by Belarusian Presidential Press Office, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, speaks with the head of Russia's Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina, centre, in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, May 29, 2023. At left is Pavel Kallaur, chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. (Belarusian Presidential Press Office via AP)
May 29

Natalee Holloway suspect beaten in Peruvian prison: Lawyer

His attorney said the beating was not related to his extradition to the U.S.
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In this June 4, 2010, file photo, Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police after being handed over by Chilean authorities at the border between both countries in Tacna, 1,250 kilometers south of Lima, Peru.
May 29

Russia unleashes dozens of missiles, drones on targets across Ukraine

ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge is in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with the latest as Ukrainian forces defend Russia's most recent barrage of Iranian-made drones and missiles.
May 29
VIDEO: Russia unleashes dozens of missiles, drones on targets across Ukraine
May 29

Ex-El Salvador President Mauricio Funes sentenced to 14 years for negotiating with gangs

A judge has sentenced former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs during his administration
May 29
FILE - El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes stands in the National Assembly before speaking to commemorate the anniversary of his third year in office in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 2012. El Salvador's Attorney General's Office on Friday, May 12, 2023 asked a court to impose a 16-year prison sentence on the former president for allegedly arranging a truce with gangs to lower the homicide rate in exchange for benefits for their jail leaders. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)
May 29

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says

A United Nations official says Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while U.N. agencies are facing challenges to feed them
May 29
Olivier De Schutter, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights addresses a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)
May 29

With elections in Mexico's most populous state, old ruling party may be nearing its end

Mexico’s former ruling party could face near-extinction in Sunday's governorship election in the State of Mexico, the largest of Mexico’s 32 states and the last large one governed by the old Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI
May 29
A dog stands next to an electoral banner promoting MORENA gubernatorial candidate Delfina Gomez, in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Voters in Mexico state go to the polls on June 4 to elect a new governor.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
May 29

What 5 more years of Erdogan's rule means for Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection in a runoff Sunday, following a nail-biter first round two weeks earlier
May 29
Locals play cards in a coffee bar in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won reelection in a runoff Sunday, following a nail-biter first round two weeks earlier. Having secured another five years, Erdogan now faces a host of domestic issues, from a battered economy to pressure for the repatriation of Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)
May 29

Poland imposes sanctions on 365 Belarusians over 'draconian' verdict against journalist

Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens and frozen the financial assets of other entities and people associated with Russian capital
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Libyan court sentences 23 suspected Islamic State militants to death

A Libyan court has sentenced 23 suspected Islamic State group militants to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians
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This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo)
May 29

Kosovo ex-president on trial for war crimes allowed to visit his sick mother

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, who is on trial in The Hague on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is in Kosovo to visit his sick mother, the court says
May 29
FILE - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution allegedly committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia in the Hague, on April 3, 2023. Thaci, who is on a trial on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in The Hague, on Monday May 29, 2023 was in Kosovo to visit his ill mother, the court said. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP, File)
May 29

La Scala announces 2023-24 season as new government decree creates uncertainty

The French general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala is facing the threat of a tenure cut short, even as he unveiled a star-studded 2023-24 season on Monday
May 29
La Scala general manager Dominique Meyer attends at a press conference to present the 2023/2024 season, at Milan's La Scala opera house, Italy, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
May 29

Jerusalem's redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation

Jerusalem’s iconic citadel has opened its revamped museum after a three-year, $50 million makeover that included a restoration of its signature minaret
May 29
Visitors stand near a scaled model of Jerusalem's golden Dome of the Rock in a newly redesigned gallery at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 22, 2023. Today, the former castle serves as a museum dedicated to the city’s 3,000-year history. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 29

Jerusalem's redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation

Jerusalem’s iconic citadel has opened its revamped museum after a three-year, $50 million makeover that included a restoration of its signature minaret
May 29
Visitors stand near a scaled model of Jerusalem's golden Dome of the Rock in a newly redesigned gallery at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 22, 2023. Today, the former castle serves as a museum dedicated to the city’s 3,000-year history. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 29

South America's presidents gather in Brazil for first regional summit in 9 years

South America’s leaders will gather in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday as part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s attempt to reinvigorate regional integration efforts that have in the past floundered amid the continent’s political swings and polariza...
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, welcomes Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro prior to their bilateral meeting at Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, May 29, 2023. Maduro is in Brazil for the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit that starts on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)
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Sudan army, rival force agree to extend truce after mediators show impatience with breaches

Sudan’s warring sides have agreed to extend a shaky cease-fire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signaled impatience with persistent truce violations
May 29
A man leads donkeys pulling water barrels in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, had agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the U.S. and the Saudis. However, the cease-fire, like others before it, did not stop the fighting in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
May 29

Japan PM's son to resign after public outrage over party at official residence

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his son is resigning as his policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s official residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered ...
May 29
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters about a notification by North Korea, at his office in Tokyo Monday, May 29, 2023. North Korea has notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put Pyongyang's first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit. (Kyodo News via AP)
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India's northeast remains on edge after ethnic clashes as home minister plans visit

Shootings and arson are continuing in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, where clashes between security forces and tribal insurgents on Sunday killed five people
May 29
Member of the Kuki tribe hold Indian flags during a sit in protest against the killing of tribals in their northeastern home state of Manipur, in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 29, 2023. Manipur, which borders Myanmar, has been roiled by violence since 3 May after members of tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group over demands of economic benefits and reservation status. More shootings and arson were reported Monday from the northeastern state, where dozens have been killed and more than 35,000 displaced following the worst ethnic clashes seen in decades. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
May 29

High school student in Italy wounds teacher with hunting knife, waves toy gun

Police in Italy say a high-school student wounded his teacher with a hunting knife and brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at classmates
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South African president appoints judge to oversee weapons-for-Russia inquiry

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a judge to oversee an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied arms to Russia on a ship that docked secretly at a naval base in December
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FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa answers questions in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Ramaphosa has appointed a judge to oversee an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied arms to Russia on a ship that docked secretly at a naval base in December. The allegations were made this month by the United States' ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the Russian-flagged cargo ship Lady R when it docked at the Simon's Town naval base near Cape Town. (AP Photo, File)
May 29

Saudi Arabia executes 2 Bahraini men over militant activities

Saudi Arabia says it executed two Bahraini men after being convicted of belonging to a militant group wanting to destabilize the two Mideast kingdoms
May 29
This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)
May 29

Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have flared anew this weekend after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings
May 29
Polish soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR guard a street past graffiti depicting former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic, in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo, Monday, May 29, 2023. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Monday tried to take over the local government buildings where Albanian mayors entered last week with the help of police. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
May 29

7 men appear in Northern Ireland court on attempted murder charges related to shooting of detective

Seven men have appeared in court on charges of attempted murder related to the February attack on a senior Northern Ireland police officer who was shot after his son’s soccer practice
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Uganda signs anti-gay bill into law that calls for death penalty in some cases

The anti-LGBTQ legislation is one of the harshest in the world.
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In this April 4, 2023, file photo, activists hold placards during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa. Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad.
May 29

Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukraine's capital with series of nighttime barrages

Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital
May 29
Ukrainian Police officers inspecting a fragment of the rocket after a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital. The barrage came hours after a more common nighttime attack of the city by drones and cruise missiles. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
May 29

Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukraine's capital with series of nighttime barrages

Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital
May 29
Ukrainian Police officers inspecting a fragment of the rocket after a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital. The barrage came hours after a more common nighttime attack of the city by drones and cruise missiles. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
May 29

'Tony' Yasumura reveals all about his not-naked shtick and its origins in Japanese comedy

The shtick that’s gone viral features a soccer player, a Spice Girl, James Bond, you name it, appearing to be naked
May 29
In this image made from a video, Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura performs at a Tokyo theater on May 23, 2023. The disarming sight gag by Yasumura is simple and rather silly. The recent appearance of Tony, as Yasumura is known these days, on "Britain’s Got Talent" has drawn more than 10 million views on the audition show's YouTube account. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
May 29

'Tony' Yasumura reveals all about his not-naked shtick and its origins in Japanese comedy

The shtick that’s gone viral features a soccer player, a Spice Girl, James Bond, you name it, appearing to be naked
May 29
In this image made from a video, Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura performs at a Tokyo theater on May 23, 2023. The disarming sight gag by Yasumura is simple and rather silly. The recent appearance of Tony, as Yasumura is known these days, on "Britain’s Got Talent" has drawn more than 10 million views on the audition show's YouTube account. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
May 29

Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments

Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine
May 29
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Appropriations hearing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
May 29

Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria's president, inheriting a country facing serious challenges.

Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria's president, inheriting a country facing serious challenges.
May 29
May 29

Iran supreme leader says he'd 'welcome' full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked

Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic
May 29
In this picture released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 29, 2023. A portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs on the wall. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
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