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Temperatures measured during summer 2023 'unparalleled' to past 2,000 years, researchers say
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A closer look at tree rings is adding to the growing list of evidence that shows unprecedented temperatures measured on Earth over the past year.The sum...
Julia Jacobo, ABC News May 15, 2024

Protesters in Israel arrested after attacking Gaza aid trucks
Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Multiple people have been arrested in connection with an attack Monday on an aid convoy headed toward Gaza, according to Israeli officials.Israe...
Kiara Alfonseca and Will Gretsky, ABC News May 14, 2024

Pod of killer whales attacks and sinks 50-foot yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
STOCK/ Serge MELESAN / 500px / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials confirmed to ABC News.Two peo...
Leah Sarnoff and Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News May 14, 2024

Wars propel global displacements to record high of 75.9 million in 2023, monitor says
Newly arrive refugees stand outside their makeshift shelter as a sand storm approaches on April 21, 2024 in Adre, Chad. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- A record 75.9 million people were displace...
Emma Ogao, ABC News May 14, 2024

Ukraine says 30,000 Russian soldiers attacking amid border offensive in Kharkiv region
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine said it is battling 30,000 Russian soldiers at the border near Kharkiv, as thousands of civilians have been evacuated due to heavy fighti...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News May 14, 2024

US soldier arrested in Russia appeals detention, state media reports
ABC News(LONDON) -- A lawyer appointed for Gordon Black, a U.S. Army soldier arrested in Russia, has appealed his detention, according to the state-owned TASS news service.Black was detained in Vladiv...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News May 13, 2024

Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden says what's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide'
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territo...
Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Mark Osborne, Nadine El-Bawab and Jon Haworth, ABC News May 13, 2024

Ukraine strikes Russian apartment building killing 15 people, officials say
This photograph shows a view of an apartment building which partially collapsed after being damaged by what Russian authorities described as a Ukrainian strike, in Belgorod on May 12, 2024. -- Stringe...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News May 13, 2024

Eurovision contestant disqualified after police investigate 'incident' with production crew
Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images(MALMO, Sweden) -- The Dutch contestant in Europe's popular Eurovision Song Contest has been disqualified after an "incident" occurred with a female ...
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News May 11, 2024

Upcoming report from Biden admin does not conclude Israel violated law in Gaza: Sources
Getty Images - STOCK(WASHINGTON) -- An upcoming report from the Biden administration examining Israel’s use of American-supplied arms does not conclude that the country violated international or...
Shannon K. Crawford and Benjamin Siegel, ABC News May 10, 2024
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