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US soldier arrested in Russia, US official says

Russia announces nuclear weapon drills

3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck's tires

34 recruits join Vatican's Swiss Guard

Brazil flooding: 75 dead and 103 missing

Parts of Gaza in 'full-blown famine': UN official

Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment

Danish King Frederik and his Australian-born wife visit Sweden on their first official trip abroad

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

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Boy, 14, dies after man with sword stabs multiple people near London tube station
"This must have been a terrifying incident for those concerned," police said.
April 30, 2024

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Israeli military says it is striking Hamas targets in eastern Rafah

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Israeli War Cabinet votes unanimously to approve Rafah military operation but will continue cease-fire efforts

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NSC coordinator says negotiations are still ongoing

The top National Security Council spokesman discussed the phone call between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid news of Hamas' agreements to a cease-fire proposal.

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Northern Gaza experiencing 'full-blown famine', UN official warns

Aid organizations have accused Israel of not letting enough aid into Gaza.

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People gather with jerrycans and other containers to collect water from a tanker cistern in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Apr. 30, 2024.

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US soldier arrested in Russia, US official says

The soldier was detained on Thursday, May 2, according to a U.S. official.

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Israel receives response from Hamas on a cease-fire proposal

The proposal that Hamas accepted is not the same one as had been under discussion, according to an Israeli official, adding that the proposal will now be studied.

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VIDEO: Israel receives response from Hamas on a cease-fire proposal

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Call it Cognac diplomacy. France offered China’s Xi a special drink, in a wink at their trade spat

How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China

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China's President Xi Jinping presents books by French authors produced in China to French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during a gifts exchange at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, May 6, 2024. China's President Xi Jinping is in France for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

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How a beach trip in Mexico's Baja California turned deadly for surfers from Australia and the US

Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California’s Pacific coast

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A demonstrator holding a bodyboard written in Spanish " They just wanted to surf and they were executed" protests the disappearance of foreign surfers in Ensenada, Mexico, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend during an apparent camping and surfing trip. (AP Photo/Karen Castaneda)

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34 recruits join Vatican's Swiss Guard, swearing allegiance to Pope Francis

The world’s smallest army is still recruited from Swiss towns and villages.

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Swiss Guards take part in the swearing-in ceremony of new Swiss Guard recruits at the Vatican, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hamas says it accepted cease-fire agreement; Israel yet to confirm

Hamas officials say they have accepted terms for a cease-fire proposal, however, Israel has yet to confirm any agreement.

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VIDEO: Hamas says it accepted cease-fire agreement; Israel yet to confirm

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Israeli official says officials examining cease-fire plan, but warns Hamas plan differs from earlier Israeli framework

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Polish prosecutors open investigation into judge who fled to autocratic Belarus

Polish prosecutors say they have opened an investigation after a Polish judge fled to the autocratic state of Belarus and asked for protection there

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FILE - Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski addresses reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024. Polish prosecutors opened an investigation Monday, May 6, after a Polish judge fled to the autocratic state of Belarus and asked for protection there. Sikorski described the judge as a traitor. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

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Jordan stations 2 firefighting helicopters in Cyprus to help as summer fire season arrives

Jordan has stationed two helicopters in Cyprus to help the Mediterranean island nation combat potential forest fires until it can lease firefighting aircraft of its own for the summer fire season

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Hamas says it has accepted proposal regarding cease-fire agreement

Hamas officials say they agreed to a deal with Qatari and Egyptian representatives, but Israel has yet to make any comments on a proposed agreement.

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VIDEO: Hamas says they have accepted a proposal regarding a ceasefire agreement

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34 new recruits join Vatican’s Swiss Guard

The Swiss Guard, the world’s smallest army, was founded in 1506 by Pope Julis II.

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The UN says there's 'full-blown famine' in northern Gaza. What does that mean?

The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas

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FILE - Boxes from Jordan wait in an inspection area for trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies bound for the Gaza Strip, on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing between southern Israel and Gaza, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. But a formal — and highly sensitive — famine declaration faces the complications of politics and of confirming how many people have died. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

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Powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to capture base and hundreds of soldiers

A powerful ethnic armed group battling Myanmar's army in the country's west claims it took hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when it captured a major command post

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Hamas announces it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal

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Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Rafah invasion looms

President Joe Biden reiterated to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show restraint when it comes to an invasion Rafah, where 1 million Gaza refugees are staying.

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VIDEO: Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Rafah invasion looms

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At least 75 dead and 103 missing after severe flooding in Brazil

Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, visited Rio Grande do Sul for a second time to meet with victims and survey the damage to the region.

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Turkey says it has carried out new airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Turkey's defense ministry says the country has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq

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King Charles III's coronation anniversary is marked by ceremonial gun salutes across London

King Charles III's coronation anniversary has been marked in London under soggy skies with ceremonial gunfire

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The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 Gun Royal Salute in Green Park to mark the first anniversary of the Coronation of Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, in London, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Human remains found at Hitler's Wolf Lair, too decayed to determine cause of death

The bunker was Hitler’s chief headquarters from 1941-44.

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FILE - Tourists visit the ruins of Adolf Hitler's headquarters the "Wolf's Lair" in Gierloz, northeastern Poland, July 17, 2004 where his chief of staff members made an unsuccessful attempt at Hitler's life on July 20, 1944. Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into human skeletons found at Wolf's Lair where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because the advanced state of decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesman said Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

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Multiple injuries after a building under construction collapses in South Africa

Authorities say more than 40 workers are trapped in the rubble after a multi-story building that was under construction collapsed Monday in a coastal city in South Africa

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Authorities say a building under construction has collapsed in the South African city of George with "multiple patients"

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May 06

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

U.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis for a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz

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A man holds Israel's flag at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the "March of the Living" in memory of the six million Holocaust victims in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, May 6, 2024. The event comes amid the dramatic backdrop of the violence of the Israel-Hamas war after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the deadliest violence against Jews since the Holocaust, and as pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. campuses. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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Activists in Bangladesh march through universities to demand end to Israel-Hamas war

Thousands of activists in Bangladesh backed by the ruling party's student wing have demonstrated in the nation's capital and elsewhere to demand an end to the Israel-Hamas war and the establishment of an independent Palestine state

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Bangladeshi students wave Palestinian flags, as they march during a pro- Palestinian demonstration at the Dhaka University area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/ Mahmud Hossain Opu )

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Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque

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A Muslim cleric walks along a former Byzantine church which formally opened as a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 6, 2024. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

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Nigerian journalist's arrest last week triggers criticism of worsening press freedoms

A Nigerian journalist’s arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press freedoms in the West African country

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This undated photo made available by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism shows Daniel Ojukwu in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian journalist's arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press freedoms in the West African country. Daniel Ojukwu with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism went missing Wednesday May 1, 2024, in the economic hub of Lagos. His family and employer found out on Friday that he was detained and held in a police station for allegedly violating the country's Cybercrime Act, (Foundation for Investigative Journalism via AP)

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Italy's RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI are on strike to protest budget streamlining and what they say is an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media

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From left, Italian Foreign Press Association's member Costanze Reuscher hosts a press conference at the Association headquarters in Rome, Monday, May 6, 2024, with Italian state television RAI's journalists, Daniele Macheda, Serena Bortone, Vittorio di Trapani, and Sigfrido Ranucci. Journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI went on strike Monday to protest budget streamlining and what they said was an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media under the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni. (Cecilia Fabiano /LaPresse via AP)

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What are tactical nuclear weapons and why did Russia order drills?

Russia's Defense Ministry has declared that the military will hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons

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FILE - In this photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Dec. 9, 2020, a Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber fires a cruise missile at test targets, during a military drills, Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the military will hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons – the first time such exercise was publicly announced by Moscow. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

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John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party

A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland's next leader

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FILE - Deputy First Minister John Swinney delivers his address to delegates during the 2019 SNP autumn conference at the Event Complex in Aberdeen, Oct. 14. 2019. John Swinney was elected Monday, May 6, 2024 as leader of the SNP after no other candidates came forward. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP, File)

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Inquiry into South Africa fire that killed 76 finds city authorities responsible

A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has concluded that city authorities should be held responsible because they were aware of serious safety issues at the apartment block at least four years before the blaze

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US and Philippine forces stage combat drills near strategic channel off southern Taiwan

U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills on the Philippines’ northernmost island along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry

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U.S. troopers prepare to board U.S. Army CH-47s at Paredes Air Station at Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte province as it carries U.S. and Philippine troops during a joint military exercise in northern Philippines on Monday, May 6, 2024. American and Filipino marines held annual combat-readiness exercises called Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, in a show of allied military readiness in the Philippines' northernmost town facing southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Spain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27

Spain’s Prado Museum has confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost

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In this photo provided by the Prado Museum in Madrid on Monday May 6, 2024, Caravaggio's "Ecce Homo" is pictured. Spain's Prado Museum has confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost. (Prado Museum, via AP)

May 06

Germany recalls its ambassador in Russia for a week in protest over a hacker attack

Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations in Berlin following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party

May 06

FILE - Then European Union Election Observation Mission to Myanmar chief Alexander Graf Lambsdorff speaks during a press briefing in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. The German foreign office says that Germany has called back its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations, following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party. The ministry said Monday, May 6, 2024 that the government is taking the incident “serious.” (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

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The EU's executive decides to end legal standoff with Poland over democracy concerns

The European Union’s executive has decided to end its 6-year dispute with member state Poland

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Chad holds presidential election after years of military rule

Voters in Chad have headed to the polls on Monday to cast their ballot in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno

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Chadian interim President Mahamat Deby Itno casts his ballot, in N'djamena, Chad, Monday, May 6, 2024, in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule. (AP Photo/Mouta)

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Australia accuses China of unsafe behavior when fighter jet released flares

Australia says a Chinese fighter jet has endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters

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Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, left, speaks alongside Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong during an Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on May 1, 2024. Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, the defense department and news media have reported, Monday, May 6, 2024. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Pool Photo via AP, File)

May 06

Danish King Frederik and his Australian-born wife visit Sweden on their first official trip abroad

Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm with his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as they begin their first official visit abroad as new Danish monarchs

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CAPTION CORRECTS BYLINE Denmark's King Frederik X is welcomed by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, on arrival, at Skeppsbron, in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 6, 2024. Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm, accompanied by his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as he embarked on his first official visit abroad as new Danish monarch. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

May 06

The UN nuclear watchdog chief travels to Iran as its monitoring remains hampered

The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog has traveled to Iran where his agency faces increasing difficulty in monitoring the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing nuclear program

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A model of Bushehr nuclear power plant is on display in an exhibition of the Iran's nuclear achievements during the "International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology" in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

May 06

The Latest | Israel approves Rafah military operation, hours after Hamas agrees to a cease-fire

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area

May 06

An Israeli tank overlooks the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

May 06

Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials

Russia is threatening to strike British military facilities and says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons

May 06

Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system launchers and APCs roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The parade will take place at St. Petersburg's Palace Square on May 9 to celebrate 79 years since the victory in WWII. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

May 06

On D-Day, 19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life, and save as many as he could

D-Day veteran Charles Shay is about to take part next month in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation

May 06

Students walk by a bunker in Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy, Thursday, April 11, 2024. On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Native American army medic who was ready to give his life — and actually saved many. Now 99, he's spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he's about to take part in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

May 06

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday

May 06

Mourners carry the coffins of two victims who were among four civilians from the same family that killed on Sunday by Israeli strikes on the southern town of Mays al-Jabal, during their funeral procession, in Beirut, Monday, May 6, 2024. Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces have been exchanging fire in south Lebanon since a day after the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

May 06

Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah for humanitarian areas ahead of possible assault

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May 06

Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half

May 06

A Chinese flag is placed near flowers on a monument at the site of a former Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 29, 2024. During NATO bombing campaign, in 1999, jets bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three people and at least 20 were injured. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, Hungary and Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

May 06

Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has put trade disputes and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts at the top of the agenda for talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping

May 06

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand in front of the Republican Guards during the official welcoming ceremony at the Hotel national des Invalides in Paris, Monday, May 6, 2024. China's President Xi Jinping is in France for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine.(Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

May 06

Panama's new president-elect, José Raúl Mulino, was a late entry in the race

In a historic and tumultuous election in Panama, José Raúl Mulino has landed in the role of president-elect despite not even expecting to be the candidate a few months ago

May 06