World News Summary

World News

• South Africa seeks halt to Israel's Rafah offensive at World Court May 15, 2024
  South Africa will ask the top U.N. court on Thursday to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
• Slovak PM Fico no longer in life-threatening condition after being shot, minister says May 15, 2024
  Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, a government minister said.
• Chile's capital faces fiercest cold snap in decades May 15, 2024
  Chileans are bundling up with more clothes and clutching cups of hot coffee as the country faces the most intense cold snap in nearly 70 years, bringing winter weather in the middle of autumn.
• Dozens of countries signing up for Ukraine peace summit, Switzerland says May 15, 2024
  Switzerland has had over 50 registrations from the more than 160 delegations the neutral country has invited to a summit next month that Bern hopes will pave the way for a peace process in Ukraine, President Viola Amherd said on Wednesday.
• Palestinians mark 1948 Nakba in the shadow of Gaza May 15, 2024
  Palestinians commemorated the 1948 "Nakba" or catastrophe, marking the time when hundreds of thousands were dispossessed of their homes in the war at the birth of the state of Israel.
• Indonesia's toll rises to 62 from deadly Sumatra floods, 25 still missing May 15, 2024
  The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 62 on Wednesday, authorities said, while rescuers were searching areas near rivers for 25 people who are still missing.
• Singapore"s new PM takes office, pledging to lead his own way May 15, 2024
  Lawrence Wong was sworn in on Wednesday as Singapore's fourth premier since independence, after completing a carefully calibrated power transfer aimed at ensuring continuity.
• Biden offers to debate Trump twice, saying 'Make my day, pal" May 15, 2024
  US President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump said on Wednesday they had accepted an invitation from CNN for a debate on June 27.
• Slovakia"s Prime Minister Fico shot, in 'life-threatening condition" May 15, 2024
  Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday, Slovak media reported.
• North Korean leader oversees tactical missile weapons system, KCNA says May 14, 2024
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday oversaw a tactical missile weapons system that will be newly installed at missile units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.
• Florida bus crash kills eight, leaves eight in critical condition May 14, 2024
  A bus carrying farm laborers in northern Florida collided with a pickup truck on Tuesday and overturned, killing at least eight people and critically injuring eight others, authorities said.
• Death toll from South African building collapse rises to 33 May 14, 2024
  The death toll from a building collapse in the South African city of George last week rose to 33 on Tuesday as rescuers continued to comb through the rubble with 19 people still unaccounted for.
• Israeli forces back in northern Gaza as doubts over war aims grow May 14, 2024
  Israeli troops are back in northern Gaza, in areas that were supposed to have been cleared months ago, highlighting growing questions about Israel's declared goal of eliminating Hamas.
• At least 14 killed after billboard collapses in Mumbai during thunderstorm May 14, 2024
  At least 14 people have died and dozens were injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, according to local authorities.
• Israelis block aid convoy headed to Gaza, throw supplies to the ground May 13, 2024
  Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza, strewing food packages on the road in the latest incident as Israel pledged to allow uninterrupted humanitarian supplies in.