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Beauty influencer shot dead during her TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in Mexico

A social media influencer has been shot to death while doing a TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in the central Mexican state of Jalisco
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May 14

Brazil slaughterhouses reduce ties to Amazon deforestation, but cattle laundering remains issue

A report of Brazil’s Amazon beef industry published reveals that slaughterhouses complying with a settlement agreement are far more likely to follow laws prohibiting the purchase of cattle from illegally deforested land
May 14
FILE - The main entrance of the meat processing company JBS is visible in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
May 14

This flat-bodied South African gecko was a 'lost' species. It's been found again after 34 years

Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn’t been seen in more than 30 years and was thought to be extinct
May 14
A Blyde Rondavel Flat Gecko, a type of lizard that previously hadn't been recorded since it was discovered in 1991, is photographed in the Blyde River Canyon in South Africa, Sunday, April 13, 2025. ( Endangered Wildlife Trust via AP)
May 14

El Salvador president announces 'foreign agents' proposal, fueling concerns of crackdown on dissent

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says that he’s pushing forward a “foreign agents” bill that critics say would deal another blow to civil society and independent journalistic organizations as the popular president tightens his control three years int...
May 14
FILE - President Donald Trump receives El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
May 14

Albania's prime minister thanks voters for landslide win and pledges EU membership by 2030

Albania's prime minister has thanked hundreds of thousands of voters who supported his Socialist Party in the last parliamentary elections, backing his pledge to take the country into the European Union in five years
May 14
A young boy holds an Albanian flag during a celebratory rally for Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's victory in the last parliamentary elections, in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
May 14

Mourners from all across Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President José Mujica

Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left, remembered most for his humility, simple li...
May 14
Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi covers the casket of the late, former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica with the national flag at the presidential palace in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich)
May 14

What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?

President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians
May 14
A girl holds a Saudi flag in Homs, Syria, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, as she celebrates U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to ease sanctions on Syria and normalize relations with its new government. Trump made the announcement on a visit to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
May 14

France’s premier faces questions from an inquiry on a Catholic school abuse scandal

French Prime Minister François Bayrou is facing questions from a parliamentary inquiry into alleged abuse at a Catholic school amid accusations he has hidden what he knows about the scandal
May 14
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrives to face questions from a parliamentary inquiry into alleged abuse at a Catholic school amid accusations he has hidden what he knows about the scandal, in Paris, Wednesday May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
May 14

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near Greece: USGS

The USGS said the epicenter was located 9 miles south of Fry, Greece.
May 14
The USGS said the epicenter was located 9 miles south of Fry, Greece.
May 14

Israel reports 3 Houthi missiles fired in 24 hours amid plan to expand Gaza offensive

The Israel Defense Forces signaled potential strikes on three Yemeni ports.
May 14
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 9, 2025.
May 14

An explosion at a chemical plant near Spain's Seville leads to warnings for thousands

An explosion at a chemical plant near the Spanish city of Seville has sent up a huge pillar of smoke
May 14
Smoke billows an industrial estate after an explosion at a chemical plant in Alcala de Guadaira near Seville, Spain, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Rocio Ruz /Europa Press via AP)
May 14

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May 14
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
May 14

Brazil's Lula pledges to urge Putin 'go to Istanbul and negotiate' with Zelenskyy

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy
May 14
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a joint press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)
May 14

Iran ‘most destructive’ force, Trump says

President Donald Trump made the remarks during his speech at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
May 14
President Donald Trump made the remarks during his speech at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
May 14

European Council president Costa praises Montenegro's advance on EU path

European Council’s president Antonio Costa has praised Montenegro for its progress on the path toward membership in the European Union, describing the small Balkan country as “one of the finest examples of the EU’s positive enlargement momentum.”
May 14
European Council President Antonio Costa speaks during a press conference after talks with Montenegro's President Jakov Milatovic in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
May 14

Iranian minister says Trump’s Tehran accusations are 'pure deception'

Trump described Tehran as the "most destructive force" in the region.
May 14
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister following their talks in Moscow on April 18, 2025.
May 14

France expels Algerian diplomats in tit-for-tat decision as their feud deepens

France says it will expel Algerian diplomats in response to Algeria’s decision to do the same
May 14
FILE - Algeria's flags fly Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)
May 14

Russian delegation to meet Ukrainian officials in Turkey Thursday

The Kremlin on Wednesday said it would send officials to Istanbul.
May 14
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Delovaya Rossiya National Public Organisation and participants of the organisation's 20th Congress and Forum via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 13, 2025.
May 14

Māori lawmakers behind protest haka temporarily banned from New Zealand Parliament

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by performing a haka, a chanting dance of challenge, direc...
May 14
FILE -Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke speaks to the thousands of people gathered outside New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum, File)
May 14

Malian authorities ban French TV channel over its coverage of a pro-democracy protest

Mali’s media regulatory body says it is banning a French television channel in the country due to “defamatory remarks” it made about a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital earlier this month
May 14
May 14

Australian government removes often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook because it would be destroyed again
May 14
People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Capt. James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
May 14

Russia convicts prominent election monitoring activist, jails him for 5 years

A court in Moscow has convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization and sentenced him to five years in prison
May 14
May 14

Germany, Switzerland arrest 3 over plans to send explosive parcels to Ukraine

German prosecutors say three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Ru...
May 14
May 14

Hungary targets critics with bill that would blacklist critical media and NGOs

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty
May 14
May 14

Court rules in favor of New York Times over texts between EU chief and a pharma boss

A top European court says the European Commission was wrong to refuse the New York Times access to text messages sent between President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 14
FILE - A Belgian Army medic brings lunch to a patient with COVID-19 at the St. Michiel Hospital in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
May 14

Military training plane crashes in central Japan, 2 crew members missing

A Japanese air force training plane has crashed shortly after taking off from a base in central Japan
May 14
May 14

Trump meets with Syria's interim president, a first between the nations’ leaders in 25 years

President Donald Trump has met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa
May 14
A girl holds a Saudi flag in celebration after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans during his visit to Saudi Arabia to ease sanctions on Syria and normalize relations with its new government, in Homs, Syria, late Tuesday, May 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Albam)
May 14

Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years
May 14
Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 14

Families of victims in South Korea plane crash file complaint against 15 officials

Families of victims of December’s devastating plane crash in South Korea have filed a complaint against 15 people who they believe are responsible for the disaster that killed all but two of the 181 people on board
May 14
FILE - Rescue team members work at the site of a plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea on Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
May 14

On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including con...
May 14
Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 14

A still-unfolding diplomatic road seeking peace in Ukraine has had many twists and turns

Last weekend saw a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the war in Ukraine
May 14
FILE - In this photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, gives a speech to welcome the Russian, left, and Ukrainian delegations ahead of their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 29, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)
May 14

What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

The talks took place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe
May 14
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to journalists in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)
May 14

Trump tells Gulf leaders Iran must cease support of proxy groups as part of any nuclear deal

President Donald Trump is urging Iran to “make the right decision” about its nuclear program
May 14
President Donald Trump and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meet at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 13

Bolivia's President Arce, polls slipping, quits 2025 presidential race

Bolivia's President Luis Arce, who assumed office in 2020 and was expected to seek a second term, says he will withdraw from Bolivia's presidential race ahead of August elections
May 13
FILE - Bolivian President Luis Arce gives a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
May 13

6.1 magnitude earthquake reported near Greece: USGS

Greek Emergency Management warned of a possible tsunami risk after the quake.
May 13
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May 13

Mexican official: Cartel family members entered US in deal with Trump administration

Mexico’s government has confirmed reports that 17 family members of the son of a former cartel leader crossed into the United States
May 13
FILE - A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Urista, file)
May 13

How to impress a US president? Spin up a fighter jet escort for Air Force One

Saudi Arabia didn’t even wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to land before it set out to impress him in a sky-high way
May 13
Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s provide an honorary escort for Air Force One, with President Donald Trump aboard, as it arrives in Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 13

US returns 25 smuggled ancient artifacts to Egypt, officials say

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States.
May 13
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States.
May 13

Family of Edan Alexander speak out following his release from captivity

"We are grateful and thankful," Edan's father told ABC News' Tom Soufi Burridge.
May 13
VIDEO: Family of Edan Alexander speak out following his release from captivity
May 13

Africa's youngest leader, a friend of Russia, is celebrated by some and criticized by others

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and others criticizing him
May 13
FILE - People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)
May 13

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died
May 13
FILE - Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, left, and his wife Lucia Topolansky attend a flag ceremony in Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
May 13

Trump says he wants to make a deal with Iran: 'I don't like permanent enemies'

President Donald Trump turned to Iran and reiterated his stance against the nation if they don't come to a new deal with the U.S.
May 13
President Donald Trump turned to Iran and reiterated his stance against the nation if they don't come to a new deal with the U.S.
May 13

Dominican Republic's bill to regulate freedom of expression draws protest

Leading journalists were among dozens of people who marched through the Dominican Republic’s capital to decry a bill that critics warn could lead to government censorship
May 13
May 13

Kim Kardashian recalls 2016 jewelry heist: 'Thought that I was going to die'

Ten people are on trial in connection with the 2016 robbery in Paris.
May 13
Kim Kardashian departs the courthouse after testifying in the trial of 10 people accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewellery from her in Paris, May 13, 2025.
May 13

Mysterious marine creature captured on deep-sea camera

Marine scientists have captured images of a mysterious tentacled creature that lives more than 3 miles below the ocean surface.
May 13
Marine scientists have captured images of a mysterious tentacled creature that lives more than 3 miles below the ocean surface.
May 13

Cocaine seized off the coast of Australia

Police said the street value of the drugs was worth more than $400 million.
May 13
Police said the street value of the drugs was worth more than $400 million.
May 13

Iraq says more than 19,000 prisoners have been released under a new amnesty law

Judicial authorities in Iraq say that more than 19,000 prisoners have been released so far this year under a broad new amnesty law that eases prison crowding and frees some people convicted of terrorism-related crimes
May 13
May 13

Amnesty report exposes abuse of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia

More than 70 Kenyan women have documented their harrowing experiences working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia
May 13
May 13

India disputes Trump's claim that trade incentives led to the India-Pakistan ceasefire

The Indian government on Tuesday disputed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S.-mediated ceasefire between India and Pakistan came about in part because he had offered possible trade concessions
May 13
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a damaged structure at PAF Base Shahbaz Jacobabad in Northern Sindh province, Pakistan, on May 11, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
May 13

Canadian Prime Minister Carney shakes up Cabinet and names a new foreign minister

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a major Cabinet shakeup, including a new foreign minister
May 13
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to the media following a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)