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Social media videos shows flooding across Madrid

Social media videos shows flooding across Madrid

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Heavy rain causes flooding in various parts of Madrid. Eyewitness video showed slow-moving traffic on flooded highways.

Giant isopod noodles tempt brave Taipei diners

Giant isopod noodles tempt brave Taipei diners

Reuters, 30 May 2023

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up - both for pictures and for a bite.

Tayyip Erdogan hands cash to supporters at polling station

Tayyip Erdogan hands cash to supporters at polling station

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan handed out money to supporters gathered outside the polling station where he cast his ballot in a presidential election runoff.

Libya sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

Libya sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

Reuters, 30 May 2023

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison for their roles in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes

Reuters, 30 May 2023

President Aleksandar Vucic put the Serbian army on the highest level of combat alert after around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serbs as they protested against et...

LIVE: China to launch Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station

LIVE: China to launch Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station

Reuters, 30 May 2023

China is expected to send three astronauts, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, to its now fully operational space station as part of a crew rotation, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, the China ...

Biden says he spoke to Erdogan on fighter jets, Sweden

Biden says he spoke to Erdogan on fighter jets, Sweden

Reuters, 30 May 2023

President Joe Biden said that in a call Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan repeated Ankara's desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States, while Biden responded that Washington was keen to see Ankara drop its objection to Sweden'...

Anti-LGBTQ law 'unconstitutional,' Ugandan lawyer says

Anti-LGBTQ law 'unconstitutional,' Ugandan lawyer says

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Adrian Jjuuko, a lawyer and executive director of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, and his colleagues delivered a petition to Uganda's constitutional court offices against the country's extreme anti-LGBTQ law.

More than 1 million could flee Sudan by October, UN agency says

More than 1 million could flee Sudan by October, UN agency says

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Estimates that about a million people might flee Sudan by October may be conservative and the war there risks increasing people trafficking and spreading weapons across a fragile region, the head of the UN refugee agency said.

Biden says he feels good about debt ceiling deal

Biden says he feels good about debt ceiling deal

Reuters, 30 May 2023

President Joe Biden said he feels good about prospects for passage by Congress of the debt ceiling deal that he reached with House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Biden honors fallen service members on Memorial Day

Biden honors fallen service members on Memorial Day

Reuters, 30 May 2023

President Joe Biden honored the lives of fallen soldiers during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

South Korea hosts summit with Pacific island leaders

South Korea hosts summit with Pacific island leaders

Reuters, 30 May 2023

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted the country's first summit with leaders of Pacific islands as Seoul sought to boost its influence in a region that has become the focus of intense geopolitical rivalry.

Clashes between Serb protesters, NATO forces

Clashes between Serb protesters, NATO forces

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters who were trying to take over the offices of one of the municipalities where ethnic Albanian mayors took up th...

Hundreds of dead birds wash up on Chilean beach

Hundreds of dead birds wash up on Chilean beach

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Hundreds of dead birds mysteriously washed up on a Chile's Changa Beach, prompting environmental concern among locals and authorities.

Plastic recycling in focus as Paris talks underway

Plastic recycling in focus as Paris talks underway

Reuters, 30 May 2023

As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as the solution to plastic waste.

No fatalities expected after Iowa building collapse

No fatalities expected after Iowa building collapse

Reuters, 30 May 2023

A center section of the six-story building with 84 apartments and business collapsed in Davenport, Iowa.

Mount Everest record-breaker sees 'no future' in Nepal

Mount Everest record-breaker sees 'no future' in Nepal

Reuters, 30 May 2023

After scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time, Nepali climber Kami Rita says he's skeptical of his future in the country, and that climbers like himself want to go abroad for opportunities they say Nepal can't give them.

Ukraine children run screaming on Kyiv street during attack

Ukraine children run screaming on Kyiv street during attack

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Schoolchildren were seen running, with some screaming, on a Kyiv street as Russia launched its 16th air attack on the Ukrainian capital this month, hours after unleashing dozens of missiles and drones overnight.

Uganda enacts harsh anti-gay law with death penalty

Uganda enacts harsh anti-gay law with death penalty

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Uganda enacted one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.

Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election

Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election

Reuters, 30 May 2023

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further.