Blinken: Military operation in Rafah would have ‘terrible consequences’ for civilians
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves after a press conference at the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting on Capri Island, Italy, April 19, 2024.
Man sets self on fire outside New York court where Trump trial underway
Max Azzarello of St. Augustine, Florida, who police identified as the man who set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s trial was taking place, stands a day earlier outside the same courthouse, April 18, 2024.
Developers: Enhanced AI could outthink humans in 2 to 5 years
Ramin Hasani, research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the CEO of Liquid AI, at the TED Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Craig McCulloch/VOA)
Japan, China bicker over Beijing’s actions in Indo-Pacific
FILE – A Philippine Coast Guard rigid hull inflatable boat passes by the Japanese Coast Guard Akitsushima during a trilateral Coast Guard drill of the U.S., Japan and Philippines near the waters of the disputed South China See in Bataan province, Philippines, June 6, 2023.
Arizona Republicans fend off Democrats’ attempts to repeal 1864 abortion ban
From left, Democratic Arizona Reps. Melody Hernandez, Oscar De Los Santos, Lupe Contreras and Nancy Gutierrez confer, April 17, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. House Republicans again blocked an effort to repeal a near-total ban on abortions.
UN nuclear chief says accident is ‘dangerously close’ at Zaporizhzhia
FILE – A Russian serviceman guards an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, May 1, 2022.
Zelenskyy calls for same defense from allies as for Israel
Officers of a special police force walk in front of apartment buildings destroyed by air bombs during the evacuation of local residents from the village of Ocheretine in the Donetsk region on April 15, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Warming oceans hit coral reefs with 4th massive bleaching event, NOAA says
Coral reefs bleach in the Great Barrier Reef as scientists conduct in-water monitoring in Martin Reef, March 16, 2024, in this handout obtained by Reuters on April 12, 2024. (Australian Institute of Marine Science/Veronique Mocellin/ Handout via Reuters)
Gun supervisor gets 18 months in prison for fatal movie set shooting by Alec Baldwin
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, center, prepares for a sentencing hearing in state district court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 15, 2024. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)
Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma, Kenya’s Hellen Obiri win Boston Marathon
Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, left, winner of the men’s division of the Boston Marathon, and Hellen Obiri, of Kenya, winner of the women’s division of the race, hold the trophy on the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, April 15, 2024.