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A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 23, 2022. Pakistan launched a new anti-polio drive on Monday, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive after 3rd case found

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. The campaign is the … more

5/23/22

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe

A doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group has described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be … more

By MARIA CHENG | 5/23/22

In this handout provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, smoke billows from ferry M/V Mercraft 2 as it's towed to an island off of the town of Real, Quezon province, Philippines on Monday, May 23, 2022. The passenger ship caught fire as it neared it's port destination in Real, killing several people on board. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP Photo)

7 dead, 120 others rescued in Philippine ferry fire

The Philippine coast guard says a ferry carrying more than 130 people caught fire while approaching a northeastern province and many people escaped by jumping into the sea. Seven people died in the … more

5/23/22

A child and a man, fleeing from heavy shelling, wave to the photographer before departing in an evacuation train at Pokrovsk train station, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 22, 2022. Civilians fleeing areas near the eastern front in the war in Ukraine Sunday described scenes of devastation as their towns and villages came under sustained attack from Russian forces. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

'They ruined everything': Fleeing the devastation in Ukraine

Houses on fire. Artillery blasting through thick apartment walls. People hiding in basements without electricity, water or gas as their towns are pulverized. Civilians fleeing areas near Ukraine's … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 5/23/22

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden: Monkeypox threat doesn't rise to level of COVID-19

President Joe Biden is seeking to calm concerns about recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States. He says he does not see the need to institute strict … more

By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI | 5/23/22

Guatemalan migrant Juana Alonso Santizo arrives at La Aurora international airport in Guatemala City, Sunday, May 22, 2022. Alonso Santizo who was imprisoned in northeastern Mexico for seven years while trying to migrate to the United States and who was arrested on kidnapping charges was released on Saturday, May 21, after numerous organizations and even Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador interceded on her behalf. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Migrant back home after 7 years in Mexico jail with no trial

An Indigenous migrant who was accused of kidnapping and jailed in a northern Mexico border city has returned to her homeland of Guatemala as a free woman after spending more than seven years in … more

By SONIA PÉREZ D. | 5/22/22

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses delegates during the first day of the 75th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told … more

5/22/22

Residents travel on a motorbike as they flee their home to avoid clashes between armed gangs, in the Croix-des-Mission neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Experts say the scale and duration of gang clashes, the power they are wielding and the amount of territory they control has reached levels not seen before. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Gangs strangle Haiti's capital as deaths, kidnappings soar

Gangs are fighting each other and seizing territory in Haiti's capital with a new intensity and brutality. That's horrified and frightened many who feel the country is swiftly unraveling as it tries … more

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO | 5/22/22

FILE - Police officers and prison guards inspect the scene of a prison escape by six Palestinian prisoners, outside the Gilboa prison in Northern Israel on Sept. 6, 2021. An Israeli court on Sunday, May 22, 2022, sentenced the six inmates to five years in prison for tunneling out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility in the biggest prison break of its kind in decades. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israeli court sentences Palestinian jailbreakers to 5 years

An Israeli court has sentenced six Palestinian inmates to five years in prison for tunneling out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility. It was the biggest prison break of … more

5/22/22

Israel reports first case of monkeypox, suspects others

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases. Israel’s Health Ministry said late … more

5/22/22

A man tries to cool down his overheating car by pouring water into the radiator, in one of the tunnels of the road that connects La Guaira with Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Drivers try to coax a little more life out of aging vehicles in a country whose new car market collapsed and where few can afford to trade up for a better used one. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

On Venezuelan roads, old cars prevail, break down everywhere

Venezuela's auto mechanics are increasingly busy these days, trying to coax a little more life out of aging vehicles. The country's new car market has collapsed and few can afford a better used one. … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 5/21/22

In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, A Ukrainian woman soldier inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant take a rest in his shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 10, 2022. For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill. A Ukrainian soldier-photographer documented the events and sent them to the world. Now he is a prisoner of the Russians. His photos are his legacy.(Dmytro Kozatsky/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP)

AP PHOTOS: A POW's legacy of Mariupol siege pictures

For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill. Because of its tenacious defense, not only … more

5/21/22

A view of the damaged roof of a residential building in Lippstadt, Germany, a day after heavy rains and storms hit the area, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)

German weather service says storm generated 3 tornadoes

Germany's weather service says a storm that swept across parts of Germany generated three tornadoes. More than 40 people were injured in one western city. Meteorologists had warned of heavy rainfall, … more

5/21/22

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a a ruling party politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, May 21, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

North Korea says it has found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms even as leader Kim Jong Un claims progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across an unvaccinated … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 5/21/22

Mining companies back away from Brazil's Indigenous areas

Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and repudiated Brazilian President Jair … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 5/20/22

FILE - Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa, attends a press conference regarding the Roman Catholic Church's agreeing to act as "mediator and witness" in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 3, 2018. Alvarez began an “indefinite fast” Friday, May 20, 2022 inside a church to protest increasing harassment from national police, who he said followed him throughout the entire previous day. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Nicaraguan bishop fasts to protest police harassment

A Roman Catholic bishop in Nicaragua has begun an “indefinite fast” inside a church to protest increasing harassment from national police, who he said followed him throughout the entire previous … more

5/20/22

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Friday, May 20, 2022. Responding to questions about risks of accidents amid the war in Ukraine, Grossi said there is a robust set of precautions to prevent attacks on nuclear facilities like the huge atomic power facility in Zaporizhzhia but added that similar care must be taken to avoid disasters from dams and chemical facilities. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

UN nuclear agency chief: Fukushima transparency important

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency has stressed the importance of transparency after visiting the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, where he observed preparations for … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HARUKA NUGA | 5/20/22

Homeless people sleep at Patio do Colegio Square during a cold night in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Friday, May 20, 2022. The homeless population in Sao Paulo has increased 30% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent census shows. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo hit by cold wave

In Rio de Janeiro, bold swimmers have been discouraged from diving into the cold ocean. In Sao Paulo, authorities have opened up subway stations to accommodate homeless people. Brazil’s south and … more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and TATIANA POLLASTRI | 5/20/22

Lee Jung-jae poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Hunt, at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae debuts as director in Cannes

Few actors know more about capturing the attention of the global audience than Korean star Lee Jung-jae of Netflix's “Squid Game.” Lee is now at the Cannes Film Festival to further extend his … more

By JAKE COYLE | 5/20/22

FILE - A malnourished baby is cared for in the pediatric department of Boulmiougou hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday April 15, 2022. The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months. Two U.N. agencies are citing the impacts of war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs – and warning that people may try to migrate out of the affected areas. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months. Two U.N. agencies are citing the impacts of war in Ukraine, the coronavirus … more

5/20/22