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‘The entire town is burning.’ Fires rage as Rohingya caught up on the front lines of Myanmar’s civil war
China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
‘Seeds are life’: How a seed bank in the Mojave Desert is preserving an ancient ecosystem under threat
China starts ‘punishment’ military drills around Taiwan days after island swears in new leader
‘Everything is burning’: Battles rage outside Kharkiv as Ukraine tries to hold back Russian advance
They flew to New Caledonia for a romantic escape. Now they’re trapped as Macron tries to quell deadly riots
The first lunar eclipse of this year is approaching as the moon moves closer to Earth's shadow's outer edge, with the lunar eclipse taking place in Kolkata, India on May 5, 2023. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via AP)
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May’s full flower moon will light up the sky this week
UK lawmaker who lost four limbs to sepsis returns to Parliament
‘All hell broke loose’: Passengers on Singapore Airlines flight describe nightmare at 37,000 feet
Boeing Starliner historic crewed launch delayed again indefinitely
Spain, Norway and Ireland’s recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to have little impact on Israel
Kenyan officials arrive in Haiti ahead of planned security mission, sources say
Nelson Mandela’s party has ruled South Africa for three decades – it now faces a critical moment of truth
How Gaza’s hospitals became battlegrounds
How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality

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Europe

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during an interview with AFP at the Presidential Office in Kyiv, on May 17, 2024.
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Zelensky wants China at Ukraine peace talks, cites ‘influence on Russia’
Vatican releases new guidance for alleged supernatural phenomena
Exclusive satellite images show destroyed Russian jets and building at Crimean airbase
Police rush to rescue residents in Ukrainian border town threatened by Russian advance
Police shoot dead armed attacker who started fire in Rouen synagogue
Flowers, socks and sparkling wine: Queen Camilla reveals some of her favorite brands

Middle East

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From left, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, Spain's President Pedro Sánchez and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre are pictured.
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Ireland, Spain and Norway say they will recognize a Palestinian state
Families of female Israeli hostages release graphic abduction footage to pile pressure on Netanyahu
‘A pack of lies.’ Israeli Prime Minister denies he is starving civilians in Gaza as a method of war
Team of international medics trapped at Gaza’s European Hospital safely evacuated
Some in Iran claim US sanctions caused the Raisi helicopter crash. The truth may be more complicated
Amal Clooney supports ICC’s decision to seek arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders

World in photos

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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI. MAY 6. Inside the Lycee Marie Jeanne High School, a young displaced girl sleeps on the floor of a corridor. Some 1800 people are estimated to be crammed into the former girls' school.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 14: An English Cocker Spaniel looks over the fence as a woman passes by during the 148th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/Getty Images)
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Northern Lights witnessed over the Chicago skyline as seen from the city's museum campus" - Chicago, IL, Saturday, May 11th, 2024.
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Africa

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‘Find my Friends for rhinos’: How high-tech tracking is keeping tabs on wildlife
Americans involved in foiled deadly coup, DR Congo military says
Ex-president Zuma not eligible to run for parliament, South Africa’s top court says
With ‘Water & Garri,’ Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage makes her acting debut and emerges with a new sound

Americas

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Security forces cordon off the area after a stage collapsed due to a gust of wind in San Pedro Garza García, on the outskirts of Monterey, Mexico, on May 22, 2024.
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9 dead, 54 injured as wind causes stage collapse at Mexico election rally
American pleads guilty to bringing ammunition into Turks and Caicos a day after lawmakers press for US citizens’ release
Dominican Republic president declares himself winner in election
Hunter hospitalized with ‘significant injuries’ after grizzly bear attack in British Columbia

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Protesters use umbrellas to shield from the rain as a coalition of civic groups and small political parties hold an all-day rally to protest against plans by the main opposition Kuomintang and the Taiwan People's Party to expand parliamentary powers outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on May 21, 2024. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Taiwan's parliament to protest against reform bills proposed by opposition parties, as lawmakers from the ruling party held a filibuster inside to prevent passage of the legislation. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taiwan’s youth protest plans by lawmakers favoring closer China ties to tighten scrutiny of president
Why South Korea is banning a song that recently went viral on TikTok
British man accused of spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence services found dead in park
Taiwan’s new president calls on China to stop its ‘intimidation’ after being sworn into historic third term for ruling party

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Keri Nelson travelled frequently by Zodiac boat in her work at the marine science-based Palmer Station. Palmer Station sits partway up the Antarctic Peninsula, and is the USA's smallest Antarctic base.
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What it’s really like to live in Antarctica
Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
American Airlines claimed a child was at fault for being secretly recorded in a restroom. It’s now changing its response
This ultra-luxe, ultra-exclusive community in the desert is selling plots for up to $50 million
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BMW unveils its latest ‘Art Car,’ courtesy of abstract artist Julie Mehretu
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Light-up dancefloor from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ expected to sell for $300,000
A conflict photographer captures a moment of brotherhood between two soldiers
‘Servin’ face and jianbing’: Rihanna courts China’s lucrative beauty market with some clever culinary skills

Weather

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Greenfield residents hug in front of their tornado damaged home on Wednesday in Iowa.
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Tornado-spawning storms left 5 dead and dozens injured in Iowa
Multiple fatalities after tornado rips through rural Iowa city, official says, as severe storms rake the Midwest
Central US eyes back-to-back days of powerful storms, tornadoes and hail
Hundreds of thousands still without power amid high temperatures after deadly storms in Houston area

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Smoke rises in the distance in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on May 20, 2024. Separatists in riot-hit New Caledonia refused on May 20 to abandon road blocks that have paralysed much of the Pacific archipelago and halted commercial air traffic, defying a major security operation by French forces. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP) (Photo by THEO ROUBY/AFP via Getty Images)
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French President Emmanuel Macron heads to violence-hit New Caledonia
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Jabalia as seen from Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 19, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group.
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An aerial view of the city, in Miami, United States on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)
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Architecture around the world

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Los Angeles, CA, Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Taggers have graffitied what appears to be more than 25 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that's been sitting dormant for several years. Construction on Oceanwide Plaza, a $1 billion mixed-use retail and luxury apartments project with three towering unfinished structures, stalled in January 2019 after the Beijing-based developer lacked the funds to complete it. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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A graffiti ‘takeover’ roils downtown Los Angeles
Aston Martin opens 66-story residential tower in Miami
The new 62-story tower set to transform New York City’s skyline
Copenhagen stunned by devastating stock exchange fire, as police launch probe into blaze
Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen’s old stock exchange

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The NCAA logo is seen prior to a 2023 men's March Madness First Four game in Dayton, Ohio.
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College sports could see a dramatic change. Here’s what you need to know
PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele says Scottie Scheffler is ‘a good dude and there is no mal intent meant by him’
First on CNN: Top police officials privately expressed charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler should be reduced - source
Cristiano Ronaldo set to play in 11th international tournament after 39-year-old makes Portugal’s Euro 2024 squad

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Voice actors Linnea Sage and Paul Lehrman in New York on May 14, 2024. Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they're suing the company. (Elianel Clinton/The New York Times)
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They claim AI stole their voices. Now they’re suing
Many high schools are curbing the use of AI. These schools are leaning in
Microsoft asks some employees in China to move to other countries
Damaging hacks expose the weak underbelly of America’s health care system