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Clashes At UCLA Campus Around Pro-Palestinian Protests

Clashes broke out on Wednesday at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the UCLA campus, as dozens of universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests
Protesters and counter-protesters were seen clashing with sticks and tearing down metal barricades, TV images showed. Others were seen launching fireworks or hurling objects at each other in the dark -- lit up with laser pointers and bright flashlights.

Vienna Conference Urges Regulation Of AI Weapons

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg warned autonomous weapons systems would 'soon fill the world's battlefields'
Like gunpowder and the atomic bomb, artificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to revolutionize warfare, analysts say, making human disputes unimaginably different -- and a lot more deadly.
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This December 9, 2021, image courtesy of Trans Mountain Corporation shows winter pipeline construction work in Valemount, British Columbia, Canada. The first major new pipeline to be built in Canada in decades is set to open on May 1

Canada's First New Oil Pipeline In Decades Starts Operating

Built alongside an existing 1,150-kilometer (715-mile) line erected in 1953 that already moves about 300,000 barrels of oil per day, it was meant to increase market access for the world's fourth largest oil exporter and get a better return for Canadian crude.
Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business records to repay his lawyer for a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, seen here in January 2019

Bank Executive On Stand As Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes

Trump is the first US former president to face criminal charges, and his required attendance in court is limiting the 77-year-old's time on the campaign trail less than seven months before his likely election rematch with President Joe Biden.
Zuma's opposition uMkhonto we Sizwe party uses the name of the ANC's former military wing

South Africa Gears Up For Close May Vote

More than 27 million people are registered to cast their ballot on May 29 to elect a new parliament. The 400-seat National Assembly then chooses the president.
Israel's military offensive has turned large swathes of Gaza into rubble, including the city of Khan Yunis

Hamas Delegation Due In Egypt For Gaza Truce Talks

Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying to mediate an agreement between Israel and Hamas for months, but a flurry of diplomacy in recent days appeared to suggest a new push towards halting the fighting.
Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday for his second trip in less than a year to China in a bid to boost his firm's fortunes in the world's biggest electric car market

Tesla Wins Key China Security Clearance During Musk Visit

The tech billionaire arrived on Sunday for his second trip to China in less than a year, meeting top officials including Premier Li Qiang as he worked to boost his electric car company's fortunes in the face of intense competition from local challengers such as BYD.
The Kenyan capital Nairobi has been badly hit by the heavy rains

Dozens Killed As Dam Bursts In Flood-hit Kenya

The disaster raises the total death toll over the March-May wet season in Kenya to more than 120 as heavier than usual rainfall pounds East Africa, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern.
Around eight million people were eligible to vote

Government Encourages Public To Report Election-Related Crimes

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise explained that a protocol had been established between the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South African Police Service (SAPS) Detectives and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to take down all election-related crimes across South Africa.
The West has viewed Russia and China with increased anxiety over the past two years

Putin Says Plans To Visit China In May

The West has viewed Russia and China with increased anxiety over the past two years as they boost military co-operation and seek to expand their global influence.
The US and other Western capitals have previously sanctioned Iran and those involved in its drone and missiles industries

UK Slaps Fresh Sanctions On Iran After Israel Attack

Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike -- widely blamed on Israel -- that killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Damascus.
JLOTS, the US Army's temporary port system

Team From Gaza Mediator Egypt Heads To Israel: Source

The effort comes alongside preparations for a military push against Hamas militants in southern Gaza's Rafah, and with spillover from the Gaza war leading to stepped-up exchanges of fire over Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

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