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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a statement to the media Thursday at Oslo City Hall during a meeting of NATO’s foreign ministers.

NATO presses Turkey to approve Sweden's membership, eyes Ukraine security framework

NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on its member Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden's membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month.
Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.

Trump returns to campaign trail in Iowa as DeSantis makes case to New Hampshire voters

Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off Florida’s Atlantic Coast.

Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Magic passenger who went overboard off Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off of Florida's Atlantic Coast.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the federal court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. Australia’s most decorated living war veteran, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, committed a slew of war crimes while in Afghanistan including the unlawful killings of unarmed prisoners, a judge ruled on Thursday.

Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says

Australia's most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, a judge ruled Thursday in dismissing the claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media.
Maria de Fatima da Costa, mother of Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, who confessed to the killings of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, stands in the doorway of Amarildo’s home in Sao Gabriel, Brazil. Da Costa is also the mother of Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, also arrested and accused of the murders of Pereira, an expert on Indigenous communities and Phillips, a British journalist.
In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice
One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Brazil, to the settlement of Ladario. The line of wooden houses here marks a boundary -- between the sprawling Javari Valley Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon and the non-Indigenous world.
Farmer Pravinbhai Parmar cleans a solar panel installed at a farm in Dhundi village of Kheda district in western Indian Gujarat state, India. The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening.
India pauses plans to add new coal plants for five years, bets on renewables, batteries
The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening.
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a launch of the newly developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground Wednesday. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.
North Korean leader's sister says US hypocritical for criticizing failed satellite launch
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday accused the United States of "gangster-like" hypocrisy for criticizing her country's failed launch of a military spy satellite and insisted a successful launch will be made soon.
Mike Brennan, Director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks Wednesday during a news conference in Miami. Brennan and FEMA Director Deanne Criswell discussed preparedness for hurricane season, which begins June 1.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here's what to know.
It's time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday.
U.S. turns up pressure on air bag inflater company that refuses a recall despite deaths
The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond.
A poster with pictures of Crown Prince Hussein and his fiancee, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif, is posted Wednesday at a road in Amman, Jordan. Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders.
Jordan's royal wedding to get underway in ceremony packed with stars and deep symbolism
The wedding of Jordan's crown prince to the scion of a prominent Saudi family was set to begin on Thursday in a palace celebration that drew massive crowds and a mood of excitement around the kingdom, while presenting the young Hashemite royal as a new player on the global stage.
The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power.
Renewable energy surges, driven by solar boom and high fuel prices, report finds
The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power, according to a new report Thursday.
CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9% last year, to a median of $14.8 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar. That means half the CEOs in the survey made more and half made less. It was the smallest increase since 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Burlington Central’s Nolan Milas runs in the Class 2A 100-meter dash final at the IHSA boys state track and field meet in Charleston on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
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