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FILE - Damage is seen after a tornado hit in Port Isabel, Texas, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights, Texas near South Padre Island. The U.N. weather agency reported Monday that nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the last half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

The U.N. weather agency reported Monday that nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people … more

5/22/23

FILE - A Russian serviceman guards in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, May 1, 2022. The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has switched to emergency diesel generators after losing its external power supply for the seventh time since Russia’s full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/File)

UN watchdog: Ukrainian nuclear plant loses power supply again, is 'extremely vulnerable'

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has switched to emergency diesel generators after losing its external power supply for the seventh time since … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 5/22/23

Children follow school manager, Florina Ledwaba, toward pit toilets at the Jupiter Pre-School and Creche, in the rural village of Ga-Mashashane, near Polokwane, South Africa, Thursday May 4, 2023. Human rights groups have been pressuring the government for a decade to get rid of pit toilets in schools, with the issue given added urgency by several tragic cases of young children falling into the pits and drowning. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Dignity denied as more than 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets

At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets. Even worse, the three toilets are pit latrines, effectively 10-feet-deep holes in the … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 5/22/23

FILE - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on May 10, 2023. Lee said Monday, May 22, 2023 he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)

Singapore's prime minister tests positive for COVID-19

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. The 71-year-old prime minister posted a photo of … more

5/22/23

In this photo released by the British Columbia Wildfire Service, a 2,000 hectares planned ignition is successfully completed on the Stoddart Creek wildfire, on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Stoddart Creek, British Columbia. The operation achieved its objective of removing unburnt, highly susceptible understory fuels and timber between the fire's westernmost edge and Highway 97 and has reduced the likelihood of further spread west across the highway. (Scott Reynolds/British Columbia Wildfire Service via The Canadian Press via AP)

Rain, even smoke help fight wildfires in Alberta; new blaze brings evacuation in British Columbia

Canadian officials say scattered rains and even smoke cover have cooled air temperatures and helped efforts to fight wildfires in Alberta over the weekend. Meanwhile, a new fire in neighboring … more

5/21/23

Electoral workers assist a man in a wheelchair to cast his ballot at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Dili, East Timor, Sunday, May 21, 2023. East Timor on Sunday held its fifth parliamentary election since gaining its independence in 2002. (AP Photo/Lorenio L.Pereira)

East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

Vote counting is underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister. Two main political parties _ the incumbent … more

By GANTRY MEILANA | 5/21/23

Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, Sunday, May 21, 2023. The show of force came ahead of "Liberation Day," the annual celebration of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon on May 25, 2000, and in the wake of a recent escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah stages wargames for media, asserts readiness to confront Israel

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah put on a show of force, extending a rare media invitation to one of its training sites in southern Lebanon, where its forces staged a simulated military exercise. … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 5/21/23

State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border

Iranian state TV says five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border. Sunday's report says the fighting happened … more

5/21/23

President Joe Biden, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ukrainian president meets with world leaders at G7 as Russia claims a key victory in the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers at the Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima on Sunday, hoping to add to the momentum for his country’s war effort … more

By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER | 5/21/23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, and U.S. President Joe Biden, pose for a photo with other G7 leaders before a working session on Ukraine during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese atomic bomb survivors worry Zelenskyy's G7 visit overshadows nuke disarmament message

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s participation in the Group of Seven summit is making some atomic bomb survivors feel the visit is overshadowing their pursuit of nuclear abolishment. … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/20/23

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo greet during an outreach session of the leaders of the G7 nations and invited countries, during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Japan Pool via AP)

G7 'outreach' an effort to build consensus on global issues like Ukraine, China, climate change

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are sitting down with a carefully chosen set of counterparts from other countries during their summit in Japan in an effort to expand the G7’s sway … more

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/20/23

Pope Francis leaves after an audience with the dioceses of Spoleto and Norcia in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Pope Francis tasks cardinal with mission aimed at paving 'paths to peace' in Ukraine

The Vatican says Pope Francis has tasked a leading Italian cardinal with a mission it hopes it can “ease tensions" in the Ukraine war and lead to path of peace. In a brief statement Saturday … more

5/20/23

Emergency service members work in the area where an F-18 fighter jet crashed in Zaragoza, Spain, Saturday, May 20, 2023. An F-18 fighter jet crashed at an airbase in the Spanish city of Zaragoza but the pilot ejected successfully, the Spanish defense ministry said Saturday. The aircraft landed within the perimeter of the base, the defense ministry said on Twitter. (Fabian Simon/Europa Press via AP)

F-18 fighter jet accident at Zaragoza airbase as pilot ejects successfully

The Spanish defense ministry says an F-18 fighter jet has crashed at an airbase in the Spanish city of Zaragoza but the pilot ejected successfully. The aircraft landed within the perimeter of the … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 5/20/23

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 15, 2023. For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine with an urgency to get the supplies to Kyiv in time for an anticipated spring counteroffensive. Now summer is just weeks away. While Russia and Ukraine are focused on an intense battle for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian spring offensive has yet to begin. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Russian private army head claims control of Bakhmut but Ukraine says fighting continues

The head of the Russian private army Wagner claims his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense … more

5/20/23

Youths carry pro-abortion and anti-violence messages during a march on International Women's Day in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The signs read in Spanish: "He who plants fear, will sow furry," left, "PAE is a right not a debate, right, referring to the emergency contraceptive pill, and "Why is something as simple as returning home is a privilege?" (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Takeaways from AP's report on secretive networks helping women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban

Honduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases. But across the country, women are terminating pregnancies with the … more

By MARÍA VERZA and GINNETTE RIQUELME | 5/20/23

The interior of the one-room home of a young woman, who said she went through her abortion here alone the previous year by taking pills, stands in an unidentified mountainous area of western Honduras, Sunday, March 19, 2023. With a cellphone as her only companion for chats with a friend and an anonymous guide, the then 27-year-old became one of the women who are terminating pregnancies across the country with the help of clandestine networks. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Burner phones, aliases, code words: How secret networks help women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban

Honduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases. But across the country, women are terminating pregnancies with the … more

By MARÍA VERZA and GINNETTE RIQUELME | 5/20/23

FILE - Pakistani transgender persons hold a demonstration demanding for their basic rights, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Transgender activists in Pakistan said Saturday, May 20, 2023, they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court's ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights.(AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)

Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

Transgender activists in Pakistan say they plan to appeal an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed … more

5/20/23

A prison officer escorts a freed elderly prisoner in a wheelchair after he was released from Harare Central Prison in Harare, Friday, May, 19, 2023. Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were on Friday released from Harare Central Prison and Chikurubi Maximum Prison in the capital, Harare, according to Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe releases prisoners in amnesty, reducing overcrowding

Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty. Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services spokeswoman Meya Khanyezi said the amnesty would “go a long way in … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 5/20/23

Nigerians who were evacuated from Sudan arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, May 5, 2023. Many Africans escaping the conflict in Sudan that erupted with little warning last month faced a long wait - three weeks for some - to get out and severe challenges on the way as their governments stuggled to mobilize resources. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

'I thought I was done': Africans evacuated from Sudan conflict share their stories

Many Africans escaping the conflict in Sudan that erupted with little warning last month faced a long wait to get out and severe challenges on the way as their governments struggled to mobilize … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA and CHINEDU ASADU | 5/20/23

From left, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden walk ahead of their working lunch meeting on economic security during the G7 summit, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, western Japan Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

World leaders warn China and North Korea on nukes as Ukraine's Zelenskyy travels to G7 summit

Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies warned China and North Korea against building up their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast Asian crises ahead of the arrival later … more

By FOSTER KLUG, ADAM SCHRECK and ZEKE MILLER | 5/19/23