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John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after being confirmed as Scottish National Party leader

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
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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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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
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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)
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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
May 06
FILE - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight of the program remains limited, officials said Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)
May 06

The Latest | Israeli military orders evacuation of parts of Rafah ahead of possible ground invasion

Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent
May 06
Palestinians flee from the eastern side of the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the Israeli army orders them to evacuate ahead of a military operation, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 6, 2024. The order affects tens of thousands of people and could signal a broader invasion of Rafah, which Israel has identified as Hamas' last major stronghold after seven months of war. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)
May 06

Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials

Russia's Defense Ministry 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 army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza's Rafah ahead of an expected assault

The Israeli army has ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah in Gaza
May 06
Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging ground near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 06

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

Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah for humanitarian areas ahead of possible assault
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Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi

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
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 sets trade and Ukraine as top priority as China's Xi Jinping pays a state visit to France

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed China's Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to France
May 06
China's President Xi Jinping attends a trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Elysee Palace as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit in France, Monday, May 6, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming China's Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to France and is seeking to press Xi to use his influence on Moscow to move toward ending the war in Ukraine. (Gonzalo Fuentes/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
Presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino, of the Achieving Goals party, hold hands with a supporter after winning on the day of the general electing in Panama City, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
May 05

Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights

Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights
May 05
FILE - A Qantas Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Sydney Airport, Australia, on Sept. 5, 2022. Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) in compensation and fines for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
May 05

Mexican authorities says relatives identified bodies found in a well as those of missing Australian and American surfers

Mexican authorities says relatives identified bodies found in a well as those of missing Australian and American surfers
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Boy shot dead after Perth stabbing was in deradicalization program, but no ties seen to Sydney teens

Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in western Australia had been in a deradicalization program for two years but had no ties to an alleged network of teen extremists in Sydney
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Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino heads to victory in Panama presidential election as three closest rivals concede

Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino heads to victory in Panama presidential election as three closest rivals concede
May 05
May 05

César Luis Menotti, coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, dies at 85

César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died at age 85
May 05
FILE - Argentinean coach Cesar Luis Menotti , right, holds up a Tecos jersey to the media during his official presentation as its new head-coach in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007. Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the Argentine Football Association said Sunday, May 5, 2024. He was 85. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, File)
May 05

Commercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders. There's a reason for that

Europe’s Airbus had established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns
May 05
FILE - Models of Boeing aircraft are displayed during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 22, 2024. In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe's Airbus has established a clear sales lead over Boeing as the American company deals with the fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
May 05

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

Mexican authorities say relatives have positively identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend
May 05
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)
May 05

Brazil flooding: At least 75 people have died and 103 are missing, authorities say

Authorities said this is the worst flood to impact the area in over 80 years.
May 05
Aerial view of flooded streets at the Navegantes neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on May 4, 2024.
May 05

Israeli strike kills 4 civilians in southern Lebanon, state media says

Lebanese state media and the town’s municipality report that an Israeli airstrike in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon has killed four civilians and wounded several others
May 05
This is a locator map for Lebanon with its capital, Beirut. (AP Photo)
May 05

Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off pressure against Gaza offensive

He used Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure to end Gaza war.
May 05
Israeli students watch a virtual tour of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the Testimony House, a Holocaust museum in Nir Galim, Israel, on the eve of Israel's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Israel holds the day of remembrance each year to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide during World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 05

Actor Bernard Hill, of 'Titanic' and 'Lord of the Rings,' has died at 79

Actor Bernard Hill who starred in “Titanic,” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy has died
May 05
Actor Bernard Hill arrives for the TV BAFTA's, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, on July 5, 2006. Hill, who delivered a rousing battle cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and went down with the ship as captain in “Titanic,” has died. Hill, 79, died Sunday morning, May 5, 2024, agent Lou Coulson said. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
May 05

Togo’s ruling party wins a majority in parliament, likely keeping a dynasty in power

Togo’s ruling party has won a majority of seats in the West African nation’s parliamentary election
May 05
FILE - Togo's President, Faure Gnassingbé, centre, looks on, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Togolese voters headed to the polls on Monday, April 29, 2024, to vote in the country's parliamentary elections that will test support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap future presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president instead. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan, File)
May 05

Orbán challenger in Hungary mobilizes thousands at a rare demonstration in a government stronghold

A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history
May 05
Péter Magyar, a rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addresses people at a campaign rally in the rural city of Debrecen, Hungary, on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Magyar, whose TISZA party is running in European Union elections, has managed to mobilize large crowds of supporters on a campaign tour of Hungary's heartland, a rarity for an Orbán opponent. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
May 05

Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 60, with 101 people missing

Authorities say massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days and another 103 are reported missing
May 05
People evacuate on a surfboard from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
May 05

China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry
May 05
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave as they arrive at Orly airport, south of Paris, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country trip to Europe on Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing's growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
May 05

Israel's main cable provider halts Al Jazeera broadcasts, citing government ban

Israel's main cable provider halts Al Jazeera broadcasts, citing government ban
May 05
May 05

Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'

Hamas says the latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks has ended in Cairo
May 05
Israeli soldiers jump off a tank at a staging ground near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 05

German teen turns himself in over attack on European election candidate

A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month’s election for the European Parliament
May 05
May 05

Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment

Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close
May 05
Al Jazeera cameraman Zaid Aqrat works at his network's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday, May 5, 2024. Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
May 05

Israel’s Netanyahu says his Cabinet has voted to shut down Qatar-owned Al Jazeera offices over tensions with the channel

Israel’s Netanyahu says his Cabinet has voted to shut down Qatar-owned Al Jazeera offices over tensions with the channel
May 05
May 05

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops

Russia has launched a barrage of drones on eastern Ukraine and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting as Ukraine marks its third Easter at war
May 05
May 05

As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia

Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin starts another six-year term as president holding extraordinary power
May 05
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a soldier and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stands next to him, smiling, during a visit at a military training centre of the Western Military District in Ryazan Region, Russia on Oct. 20, 2022. Putin begins his fifth term as Russian president in an opulent Kremlin inauguration on Tuesday after destroying his political opposition, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating power. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
May 05

A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7

Israel will start marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday evening
May 05
Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany, poses for a portrait in the garden of her family home in Kibbutz Meflasim, southern Israel, Friday, May 3, 2024. On Monday, Tzamir will join 55 other Holocaust survivors from Israel and around the world for a memorial march in Poland, called March of the Living. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 05

Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino wins Panama's presidential election

José Raúl Mulino, the stand-in for former President Ricardo Martinelli in Panama's presidential election, is on his way to becoming the new leader of the Central American nation
May 05
Martin Torrijos, a former president and presidential candidate for the Popular Party leaves after voting during a general election in Panama City, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Carmen Bernal)
May 05

What we learned from local votes ahead of looming UK general election

Millions of voters in England have voted in local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K. general election
May 05
Counting begins at the Blackpool South by-election at Blackpool Sports Centre in Blackpool, England, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The by-election was triggered after the resignation of Scott Benton. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
May 05

King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people in year after coronation

King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey
May 05
FILE - Britain's Queen Camilla poses for a picture with members of the Maiden Yachting Crew. Queen Camilla hosts the 'Maiden' Yachting Crew following their Global Ocean Race Win at Clarence House on April 29, 2024 in London. Camilla has emerged as one of the monarchy’s most prominent emissaries. Increasing her schedule of appearances, the queen played a crucial role in keeping the royal family in the public eye. (Chris Jackson, Pool Photo via AP, File)
May 05

They study next to one of Africa's largest trash dumps. They're planting bamboo to try to cope

Students at a school next to Kenya's largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to purify the air with bamboo
May 05
The Dandora Secondary school in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Monday, April 22, 2024. Students at a school next to Kenya's largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to purify the air with bamboo. They have planted more than 100 seedlings along the wall that separates the school from the trash dump that was declared full 23 years ago. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
May 04

Australian police shoot dead a boy, 16, armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in Perth

Australian officials say a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife has been shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the west coast city of Perth
May 04
May 04

Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84

Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died
May 04
Juro Kara speaks during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan in March, 2005 after he was appointed as a guest professor at a university. The playwright, director and troupe leader died late Saturday from a blood clot in the brain after he collapsed at home and was rushed to a Tokyo hospital on May 1, his theater group Karagumi said in a statement on Sunday, May 5, 2024. He was 84. (Kyodo News via AP)
May 04

Orthodox Russians mark Easter with nighttime service in Moscow cathedral

Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin have packed Moscow's landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service
May 04
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attend the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 04

Georgian protesters against 'Russia-style' media law mark Orthodox Easter with candlelight vigil

Several thousand Georgians have marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi
May 04
Demonstrators gather outside the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi where Asia Development Bank Annual set the 57th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors which is held to denounce the "Russian Law" and make their protest heard internationally in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, May 3, 2024. The parliament of Georgia has cancelled its plenary session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country's bid for membership in the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
May 04

Man rescues puppy stuck between walls

A puppy who found itself stuck between two walls was rescued by a man and safely reunited with its mother.
May 04
VIDEO: Man rescues puppy stuck between walls