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A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 houses and other structures and prompted the evacuation of 16,000 people. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced the province would be banning all travel and activity in all wooded areas to prevent more fires. (May 30)

Unprecedented wildfire on Canada's Atlantic coast still burning after four days

Wildfires are burning out of control for a fourth day in Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia. The unprecedented fires are preventing some 18,000 evacuees from returning home. Halifax … more

5/31/23

This image provided by Health Canada shows the final wording of six separate warnings that will be printed directly on individual cigarettes as Canada becomes the first in the world to take that step aimed at helping people quit the habit. The regulations take effect Aug. 1 and will be phased in. King-size cigarettes will be the first to feature the warnings and will be sold in stores by the end of July 2024, followed by regular-size cigarettes, and little cigars with tipping paper and tubes by the end of April 2025. (Health Canada/The Canadian Press via AP)

In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: 'poison in every puff'

Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes. The move was first announced last year by Health Canada. Mental Health and Addictions … more

By ROB GILLIES | 5/31/23

Trapped by Sudan fighting, dozens of infants, toddlers and children died in Khartoum orphanage

At least 60 infants, toddlers and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in horrific conditions in an orphanage in Sudan’s capital as fighting raged outside. Most died from … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 5/31/23

International Atomic Energy Agency report seen by AP says Iran resolves 2 inquiries by inspectors

Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries of the International Atomic Energy Agency. That's according to a report seen Wednesday by The Associated Press. The confidential quarterly report by the … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 5/31/23

FILE - Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa addresses speaks at the funeral of Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime a neighborhood on the outskirts of Harare, Tuesday, June, 14, 2022. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23. Mnangagwa is expected to face a strong challenge from Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa sets election date as Aug. 23

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23. The vote is expected to be a another closely watched affair in a country with a history of … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 5/31/23

FILE - People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland's ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics after ruling party uses it in political ad

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming … more

By VANESSA GERA | 5/31/23

A woman runs past the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Moldova will host the Meeting of the European Political Community on June 1, 2023. Preparations for a major summit of European leaders were still underway in Moldova on Wednesday, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and break with its Russian-dominated past amid the war in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit

Final preparations for a major summit of European leaders are being made in Moldova, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West. The nation of 2.6 million is … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE, RAF CASERT and JIM HEINTZ | 5/31/23

FILE - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Oct. 13, 2022. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023 to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

China responds to US complaint over plane intercept with demand for end to surveillance flights

China has responded to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an American Air Force plane in international airspace over the South China Sea by … more

5/31/23

A woman looks at her mobile phone with an emergency evacuation warning text message sent to Seoul residents as she watches a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. North Korea's attempt to put the country's first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un's push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea's failed satellite launch triggers public confusion, security jitters in neighbors

North Korea’s launch of a spy satellite has ended in an embarrassing failure. But it still prompted public confusion and security jitters in neighboring South Korea and Japan, which are wary of … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and JOHNSON LAI | 5/31/23

Al Jazeera says Qatar's prime minister met with Taliban's supreme leader in Afghanistan

The supreme leader of the Taliban met in Afghanistan with Qatar’s prime minister this month. The meeting May 12 is the first-such publicly known meeting between the Taliban’s reclusive leader and … more

5/31/23

People enjoy drinks and snacks in the evening sun on a terrace overlooking Stockholm, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Smoking is prohibited in both indoor and outdoor areas of bars and restaurants in Sweden, which has the lowest share of smokers in the European Union. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)

Sweden close to becoming first 'smoke free' country in Europe as daily use of cigarettes dwindles

Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants. Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the Europe Union is now close to declaring itself “smoke … more

By KARL RITTER and CHARLENE PELE | 5/31/23

Military says Sudan has suspended its participation in talks with paramilitary rival

A military spokesman says Sudan has suspended its participation in talks with a paramilitary force it has been battling for weeks. The official said Wednesday that the move is a protest of the Rapid … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 5/31/23

FILE - Jovica Stanisic, facing camera, appears in court for his retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, on June 13, 2017. The appeals decision on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in the retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic brings to an end the longest-running war crimes prosecution dating back to the Balkan wars of the early 1990s. (Michael Kooren/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UN court issuing appeal ruling in long-running trial of 2 Serbs accused of crimes in Balkan wars

Two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic convicted of aiding and abetting murder and other crimes committed by Serb paramilitaries in a Bosnian town in 1992 are set to hear the results … more

By MIKE CORDER | 5/31/23

FILE - Deputy speaker of the lower house Pyotr Tolstoy attends a meeting in the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Moscow, Russia. Russian lawmakers on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, introduced a draft bill that would impose a ban on gender-affirming surgery, the latest move in the Kremlin-orchestrated crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. Tolstoy, a senior lawmaker who is among the bill's authors, said it's intended to “protect Russia with its cultural and family values and traditions and to stop the infiltration of the Western anti-family ideology.” (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian lawmakers introduce draft bill to ban gender-affirming surgery

Russian lawmakers have introduced a draft bill imposing a ban on gender-affirming surgery, the latest move in the Kremlin-orchestrated crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. The draft submitted by 400 members … more

5/30/23

A representative from the Canadian Red Cross works at an evacuation centre where food and shelter is being provided for those forced from their homes due to the wildfire burning in suburban Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

Wildfire on Canada's Atlantic coast spurs evacuation of 16,000 people

A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 houses and other structures and prompted the evacuation of 16,000 people. Many of those people are eager to return to the evacuation zone … more

5/30/23

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at Europe's largest nuclear power plant

The U.N. nuclear chief says the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and is asking Moscow and Kyiv to commit to preventing an attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 5/30/23

In this image released by the Italian firefighters a helicopter search for missing after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region, Sunday, May 28, 2023, with at least one person confirmed dead. Authorities were searching for several people who were still missing after a sudden whirlwind overturned a boat carrying more than 20 tourists and crew. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

2 Italian agents, 1 ex-Israeli agent among 4 dead in boat that capsized in storm on Italian lake

Authorities say two Italian intelligence agents and one retired Israel agent were among the four dead when a sudden storm sank a houseboat hired for a pleasure cruise this weekend on a northern … more

5/30/23

Israeli army says Palestinian gunmen kills Israeli civilian in West Bank shooting

The Israeli army says Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli civilian Tuesday near the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank. Tuesday's incident was the latest in more than … more

5/30/23

FILE - Chinese and Hong Kong flags are hanged to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China, in Hong Kong on June 17, 2022. Amnesty International said Tuesday, May 30, 2023, that a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Rights group says Uyghur student reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city

Amnesty International says a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over … more

By KANIS LEUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM | 5/30/23

Jordanian men wearing the traditional Jordanian red and white checkered scarf and T-shirts with pictures that depict Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, dance and sing during a concert at a sports stadium in Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 29, 2023. The free concert featuring well-known Arab singers, including Egyptian star Tamer Hosny, was part the celebrations leading up to the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and his fiancee, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif later this week. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Free concert, other celebrations in Jordan ahead of kingdom's first major royal wedding in years

A free concert, a henna party and other celebrations have taken place ahead of Jordan's first major royal wedding in years. On Thursday, 28-year-old Crown Prince Hussein is to marry 29-year-old Saudi … more

By KARIN LAUB | 5/30/23