North Korea says its latest satellite launch exploded in flight
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s rocket launch during a news program at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2024.
Biden says each generation has to ‘earn’ freedom, in solemn Memorial Day remarks
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 27, 2024.
China book corner set up at Kenya workers training institution
FILE – Kisumu Governor Professor Anyang Nyongo, left, talks with one of the 100 doctors from Cuba attending a program at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi, June 11, 2018. Chinese literature is now being displayed to the public in the institution.
EU partners with Kenya to prosecute suspected maritime crime suspects
FILE – A German member of the European Naval Force performs technical checks on an anti-piracy reconnaissance plane as part of Operation Atalanta at a French military base in Djibouti, May 5, 2015.
Google’s AI tool producing misleading responses that have experts worried
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 14, 2024.
WHO negotiators fail to draft pandemic treaty
FILE – A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland.
Despite Biden’s ICC rejection, US sometimes sides with court
FILE – A view from outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024. Various U.S. administrations have supported some ICC investigations, but the U.S. never ratified the treaty that created it.
Myanmar violence draws global condemnation
FILE – A Myanmar police officer stands on a road as they provide security at a checkpoint in Buthidaung, Rakhine State, western Myanmar on May 28, 2017.
Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war
Tourists visit the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Roughly 73,000 Allied forces died during the nearly three-month Battle of Normandy in 1944. (Lisa Bryant/VOA)
French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes
FILE – Syria’s Bashar al-Assad speaks in Damascus, Nov. 9, 2019. A Paris court on May 24, 2024, found three Syrians guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the deaths of two French nationals. Assad’s regime has long been accused of committing atrocities. (SANA via AP)