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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

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. Israeli authorities said late Saturday, May 21, 2022, they have detected the country's first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

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

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. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

Monkeypox spreads in West, baffling African scientists

As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease's spread in the West. Cases … more

By MARIA CHENG | 5/20/22

File---File photo shows Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking to the media about the Tigray, joint investigation into alleged violations of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia report by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov.3, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP,file)

UN rights chief to visit China next week, travel to Xinjiang

The United Nations’ top human rights official will visit China next week on a trip that will take her to the Xinjiang region, where rights groups and some Western governments allege the Chinese … more

5/20/22

Police officers work on the scene of a multiple stabbing in Nore, Norway, Friday, May 20, 2022. Norwegian police say a person with a knife has wounded at least three people — one of them critically — in a random attack in a town near Oslo. They say the perpetrator has been arrested.(Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway: At least 3 injured in family-related stabbing attack

Norwegian police say a suspect is in custody after three people were wounded with a sharp object, one critically. Police at first said it was a random attack, but later clarified that there was “a … more

5/20/22

Horse farmer Stephanie Kirchner steers her coach on the main road through her hometown Schupbach near Limburg, Germany, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Since the beginning of the war in the Ukraine causing rising gas prices Kirchner uses the coach or rides a horse to a small stud farm where she works whenever possible. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German farm owner saves fuel money with horse-drawn carriage

Stephanie Kirchner’s journey to work has got longer but, she says, cheaper: she has left her SUV at home and switched to real horse power. The stud farm owner and horse trainer says she decided … more

5/20/22

Iryna Martsyniuk, 50, stands next to her house, heavily damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village, Ukraine, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Martsyniuk and her three young children were at home when the attack occurred in the village, a few kilometres from the front lines, but they all survived unharmed. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

In Ukraine, surviving when your home is blasted

The explosions started in the middle of the night, shaking the house to its foundations. Roof timbers splintered and windows shattered, sending shards of glass hurtling above three sleeping children … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 5/20/22

Emergency forces stand near a school in Bremerhaven, Germany, Thursday, May 19, 2022. German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with an attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police said the incident happened Thursday morning at the Lloyd high school in the center of the city. (Sina Schuldt/dpa via AP)

Germany: 1 person wounded, 1 detained in school attack

German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with an attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police said the incident happened … more

5/19/22

American television host and conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson is seen on screen delivering a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Conference of U.S. conservatives opens in Orban's Hungary

Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary as the American Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, is taking place … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE and JILL COLVIN | 5/19/22