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Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever 05/07/2024 05:06am • Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. Already in office for nearly a qua Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war 05/07/2024 05:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Australia accuses China of unsafe behavior when fighter jet released flares in a helicopter's path 05/07/2024 04:56am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has protested to Beijing through multiple channels that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares over international waters, the prime minister said Tuesday. Beijing retorted that the Australian aircraft deliberately flew close 5 workers dead, 49 still missing after a building under construction collapsed in South Africa 05/07/2024 04:22am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams worked through the night searching for dozens of construction workers buried for more than 12 hours under the rubble of concrete after a multi-story apartment complex that was being built collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa. Authorities said earl Israeli forces seize Gaza side of Rafah border crossing, putting cease-fire talks on knife's edge 05/07/2024 04:10am • CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli tank brigade seized control on Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt as Israel moved forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge. The development came after hours of The Latest | Israel's military seizes the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt 05/07/2024 03:19am • An Israeli tank brigade has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities say, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge. The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israe The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war 05/07/2024 03:00am • OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe 05/07/2024 02:49am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police arrested some 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam in the early hours of Tuesday, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe. Police in the Dutch capital said in a How close are crews to moving the ship that brought down the Key Bridge in Baltimore 05/07/2024 01:05am • Salvage crews may be getting close to removing the collapsed portion of the Key Bridge in Baltimore that’s resting on that massive cargo ship. Crews are in the process now of detailing what it will take to raise the section of the bridge that’s on top of the Dali, which caused the bridge to c Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France 05/07/2024 12:38am • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday that focused on trade disputes — including lifting immediate tariff threats on Cognac exports — and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts. Xi was in France for a two-day state visit to open his Europ Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment, occupy building at Rhode Island School of Design 05/07/2024 12:09am • NEW YORK (AP) — A Monday deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to leave an encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology cleared many demonstrators only to have the site retaken while protesters at the Rhode Island School of Design began occupying a building in the ongoing protest movement Dodgers place Kelly on injured list. Buehler activated to make first start in 2 years 05/06/2024 11:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly was placed on the 15-day injured list Monday with a right posterior shoulder strain. Los Angeles made the move before its series opener against Miami. That opened a roster spot for Walker Buehler, who was reinstated from the IL to make his first major The Met Gala was in full bloom with Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Mindy Kaling among the standout stars 05/06/2024 11:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Met Gala and its fashionista A-listers on Monday included Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya and a parade of others in a swirl of flora and fauna looks on a green-tinged carpet lined by live foliage. Lopez went for silver leaves in a second-skin goddess gown and Zendaya was all vamp and f Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas. Forecasts warn more is to come 05/06/2024 11:00pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for many miles. Forecasters have issued a rare high-risk weather warning for the tw Biden warns Netanyahu against major Rafah offensive as divide between the 2 leaders grows 05/06/2024 10:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urgently warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the divide between the two leaders continues to grow along with the mounting Palestinian death toll. The call between Biden