From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in May. Protesters barricade the entrance gates outside the Delaney Hall detention on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. Inside the facility, detainees carried out a labor and hunger strike…
The New York Times publisher on Monday slammed artificial intelligence companies for “brazen theft of intellectual property”, warning they threaten the future of journalism during a speech at the World News Media Congress in the French city of Marseille. Chairman of The New York Time Company and publisher of NYT Arthur Gregg Sulzberger gives a…
BRAZIL IS THE only country in the world where all elections are entirely electronic. To celebrate the system’s 30th anniversary in May, the country’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which oversees general elections, launched a mascot, Pilili, a friendly-looking voting machine with big round eyes. Yet Pilili and the court’s extensive outreach to the public in…
The White House memorandum describing President Trump’s recent physical examination lacks details of the results of tests to assess his cardiovascular health, according to physicians who read the report. U.S. President Donald Trump looks out of the window from the limousine known as “The Beast”, as he departs the White House for Trump National Golf…
After 67 people died in a midair crash in Washington, D.C., last year, government and industry officials pledged action to prevent similar tragedies. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during a news conference in New York, Monday, March 23, 2026 (AP) More than a year later, they are at loggerheads on…
WHEN FOOTBALL’S World Cup expanded from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 edition, one of the biggest beneficiaries was Asia. The continent received eight direct qualifying slots, plus the possibility of a ninth team via the play-offs—up from the previous arrangement of four direct plus another possible play-off team. With close to double the…
As President Trump worked in recent days toward a deal to end his war with Iran, he threw a curveball: Arab states as well as Pakistan and Turkey should consider it mandatory to welcome the agreement by establishing diplomatic relations with Israel under the president’s Abraham Accords. President Trump at the White House on Wednesday….
Iran on Monday hit out at Israel and the United States even as it blamed the lack of trust, constant shifts in Washington’s position and Israeli actions in Lebanon for delays in the diplomatic process. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei attends an interview amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran. (via REUTERS) Iranian…
Local authority building control teams are facing a perfect storm of rising demand, tighter regulation and a shrinking talent pool. Nicky Roger explores how the profession is meeting recruitment and retention challenges Building control is facing a recruitment and retention challenge. Image: Dreamstime Local authority building control teams are under unprecedented strain. Just as demand…
Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo after recovering from the disease, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has his temperature…