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'We have nothing.' As Israel attacks Rafah, Palestinians are living in tents and searching for food

May. 28, 2024 02:49 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tent camps stretch for more than 16 kilometers (10 miles) along Gaza’s coast, filling the beach and sprawling into empty lots, fields and town streets. Families dig trenches to use as toilets. Fathers search for food and water, while children look through...

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mishap'

May. 28, 2024 04:52 AM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people. The...

Spain and Norway formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

May. 28, 2024 05:19 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain and Norway moved to formally recognize a Palestinian state with Ireland to follow suit on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations. Israel slammed the diplomatic move that will have no immediate impact on its grinding war in Gaza but adds...

At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states

May. 28, 2024 03:07 AM EDT

A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...

In Trump's hush money trial, prosecutors and defense lawyers are poised to make final pitch to jury

May. 28, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump's hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments to the jury Tuesday, each side looking to score final points with the panel before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president to be charged with...

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

May. 28, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year's elections look much...

What to know about Mexico's historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power

May. 28, 2024 03:44 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country's path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president – a...

Fears rise a second landslide and disease outbreak loom at site of Papua New Guinea disaster

May. 28, 2024 02:54 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of debris that swept over a village, a United Nations official said Tuesday....

Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate

May. 28, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam. But the car broke down, and the air conditioner stopped working, leaving her vulnerable to the...

Celtics rally late again to close out Pacers for 4-0 sweep in Eastern Conference finals

May. 28, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Derrick White stood stoically at midcourt as his teammates celebrated Monday night. He saw Jayson Tatum toss the ball high into the air, Al Horford run toward the coaching staff and looking for his son long before Jaylen Brown hoisted the Eastern Conference...

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Taiwan's opposition-controlled legislature passes changes seen as favoring China and diminishing power of president

May. 28, 2024 05:42 AM EDT
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's opposition-controlled legislature passes changes seen as favoring China and diminishing power of president.

Spain, Ireland and Norway recognize a Palestinian state. Why does that matter?

May. 28, 2024 05:35 AM EDT

Spain, Ireland and Norway are moving to formally recognize a Palestinian state on Tuesday, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that was fueled by international outrage over the civilian deaths and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s offensive. The...

Thousands gather outside Taiwan's legislature to oppose changes that would give it greater power

May. 28, 2024 05:32 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands of people gathered outside Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday to oppose changes being pushed through by the opposition Nationalist Party and its allies that would give the body greater power. The Nationalists, also known as the KMT, took control of...

Typhoon leaves at least seven people dead and thousands displaced in the Philippines

May. 28, 2024 05:30 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or toppled trees, and forcing the closures of several seaports, stranding thousands of passengers, officials said Tuesday. Typhoon Ewiniar...

Spain and Norway formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

May. 28, 2024 05:19 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain and Norway moved to formally recognize a Palestinian state with Ireland to follow suit on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations. Israel slammed the diplomatic move that will have no immediate impact on its grinding war in Gaza but adds...

Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that

May. 28, 2024 05:18 AM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Aquaman might not mind if the oceans rise, but moviegoers might. That's one of the takeaways from a new study conducted by researchers who set out to determine if today's Hollywood blockbusters are reflective of the current climate crisis. The vast majority...

Malta's ex-leader, other officials face court in hospital fraud scandal that is roiling politics

May. 28, 2024 05:11 AM EDT

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s former prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and other top officials are to appear in court Tuesday to face charges in a hospital corruption scandal that is roiling the Mediterranean island nation as it prepares for European Parliament elections. In 2015,...

Belgium commits $1 billion to Ukraine as Zelenskyy continues his whistlestop European tour

May. 28, 2024 05:05 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday picked up a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days for his war with Russia during a whirlwind tour through the European Union. The pledge came from Belgium, which topped up the money with a...

Hard-liner Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf re-elected as speaker of Iran's parliament

May. 28, 2024 04:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's parliament re-elected hard-liner Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Tuesday as its speaker, reaffirming its hard-right makeup in the wake of a helicopter crash that killed the country's president and foreign minister. Of 287 lawmakers voting, 198...

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mishap'

May. 28, 2024 04:52 AM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people. The...