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A Norwegian man awoke to find a grounded cargo ship had narrowly missed his home

A Norwegian man awoke to discover that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord’s coast
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People observe a 135-meter-long container ship that ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. The container ended up on land near a house on Thursday night. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
May 23

Iran, US holding a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome

Iran and the United States are preparing for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, with enrichment emerging as the key issue
May 23
FILE - This combo of pictures show President Donald Trump, left, addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025, and a handout of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis - Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
May 22

How a cookie tin lottery at New Zealand's Parliament helps decide what becomes law

In New Zealand’s Parliament, every legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular, thanks to an unusual lottery where bills are selected by random draw from a cookie tin
May 22
Parliamentary Service staffer Renee Beeson, left, draws a bingo token from the biscuit tin, observed by Chloe French and Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives David Wilson at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)
May 22

Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing

Officials say record floodwaters on Australia’s east coast have left four people dead and one missing as rain eased over the disaster area
May 22
In this photo provided by the New South Wales Police, emergency workers wade through floodwaters as they prepare inflatable boats to effect rescues near Taree, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (NSW Police via AP)
May 22

North Korea vows to arrest those responsible for failed ship launch

North Korea has begun steps to arrest and investigate those responsible for a failed launch of its second naval destroyer this week
May 22
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a blue tarp covering a North Korean destroyer after it suffered a failed launch while it was being put to sea in Chongjin, North Korea, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
May 22

Costa Rica police seize 5 capybaras, crack cocaine and marijuana from fleeing vehicle

Costa Rican police seized five capybaras, crack cocaine and marijuana after chasing down a fleeing vehicle on a highway along the Central American country’s Pacific coast
May 22
May 22

Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers in Panama, says it suffered $75 million losses

Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system
May 22
May 22

Nairobi court finds 2 men guilty of aiding al-Shabab militants in 2019 hotel attack

Two Kenyan men charged with facilitating militants who attacked a luxury hotel complex in 2019 leaving 21 people dead have been found guilty and will be sentenced next month
May 22
May 22

Panama and Venezuela to resume flights suspended for almost a year in diplomatic tensions

The Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority says that Panama and Venezuela will resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when they broke off diplomatic relations
May 22
May 22

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May 22
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
May 22

Emergency reserves, high prices, rationing. How did Japan's rice crisis get this far?

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics
May 22
An employee prepares a bowl of rice at a restaurant in Tokyo, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
May 22

UK will roll out chemical castration for sex offenders

The British government will roll out the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders
May 22
May 22

Kim Jong Un witnessed a 'serious accident' with new North Korea warship

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the incident "was a criminal act.”
May 22
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the incident "was a criminal act.”
May 22

Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates

Italy’s Constitutional Court has ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate
May 22
FILE - People wrapped in rainbow flags take part in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Rome, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP, File)
May 22

No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks scheduled, Kremlin says

A Kremlin spokesman says Russia and Ukraine have scheduled no further direct talks on ending their more than three-year war
May 22
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, awards Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called during a ceremony to present highest state awards in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin's Senate Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 22

Kim Jong Un says 'serious accident' with new North Korea warship was 'criminal act'

The North Korean leader said those responsible would be "dealt with."
May 22
A satellite image shows the new North Korean warship at harbor before launch, in Chongjin, North Korea, on May 18, 2025.
May 22

Greece deploys record firefighters and more drones for wildfire season

Greece is deploying a record 18,000 firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to combat intensifying wildfires linked to climate change
May 22
A helicopter fills water from the sea during the "Through Fire 2025" drill in Lavrio, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) southeast of Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 22

Philippines condemns Chinese coast guard's use of water cannon on a research vessel

Philippine officials have condemned the Chinese coast guard, which it said used a powerful water cannon to target one of two Philippine fishing boats conducting marine research in the disputed South China Sea
May 22
In this handout photo grabbed from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard/Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PCG/BFAR), a Chinese Coast Guard ship, left, uses water cannon and sideswipped a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday May 21, 2025. (PCG/BFAR via AP)
May 22

21 missing after landslides in southwestern China

Authorities in China say landslides struck a rural area in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 21 people trapped
May 22
May 22

Satellite imagery appears to show construction of new aid distribution sites in Gaza

The images show ongoing construction in three areas surrounding Rafah.
May 22
Satellite imagery appears to show the construction of new aid distribution sites in Rafah, Gaza.
May 22

A deal on the disputed Chagos Islands faces more hurdles. Here's what to know

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge
May 22
People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before the agreement was due to be signed. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
May 22

Protests against prime minister in Mongolia could lead to government shake-up

Mongolia’s 10-month-old coalition government appears to be breaking up as daily protests calling on the prime minister to resign enter their ninth day
May 22
A protestor holds a sign that reads ''Resign, Kettle, Resign'' in reference to Mongolia’s Prime Minister, at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
May 22

A political prisoner dies in Belarusian prison, human rights activists say

A human rights group says a Belarusian man has died in prison while serving a prison sentence for insulting the country’s authoritarian president
May 22
May 22

3 girls and 2 soldiers killed in Pakistan school bus bombing are buried

Hundreds of mourners in Pakistan have attended the funerals of three schoolgirls and two soldiers killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a school bus
May 22
In this photo released by the Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, center, checks on a child injured in the suicide bombing in Khuzdar, as Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, second right, looks on during their visit to a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Prime Minister Office via AP)
May 22

Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to results

A top Romanian court has validated the results of Romania’s presidential election rerun, shortly after rejecting a request to annul the results by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent
May 22
Presidential candidate George Simion waits to address members of the business community at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, days ahead of the second round of the presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
May 22

UK court puts last-minute block on a deal to hand Chagos islands to Mauritius

A British court has blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, hours hours before the agreement was due to be signed
May 22
May 22

Kashmir tourism bears the brunt after tourist massacre and India-Pakistan military strikes

There are hardly any tourists in scenic Himalayan region of Kashmir
May 22
A Kashmiri taxi driver walks past hundreds of tourist cabs parked idle in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
May 22

Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thrusday asked all of his Cabinet secretaries to submit resignations in a “bold reset” of his administration following last week’s mid-term elections, which saw more opposition candidates win crucial Senate ...
May 22
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, poses for a selfie with Senator Jinggoy Estrada after the presentation of the newly enacted laws to stakeholders at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
May 21

Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 2 dead and 2 missing

Australian officials say record floodwaters on the country's east coast have left two people dead and two others missing, as more heavy rain is forecast in the area
May 21
Conor Lang and Anthony Heeney walk through flooded areas in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP)
May 21

Attorney of deported migrant: 'The truth is, I don't know where my client is'

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with attorney Jonathan Ryan, who represents one of eight migrants believed to have been deported to a country that is not their own.
May 21
VIDEO: Attorney of deported migrant: 'The truth is, I don't know where my client is'
May 21

North Korea's second naval destroyer is damaged in a failed launch attended by Kim

North Korea says a new 5,000-ton destroyer key to its naval advancement was damaged during its launching ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un
May 21
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a blue tarp covering a North Korean destroyer after it suffered a failed launch while it was being put to sea in Chongjin, North Korea, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
May 21

Canada talking to the US about joining its ‘Golden Dome’ system, Carney says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is talking to the U.S. about joining President Donald Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defense program
May 21
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 21

Former CIA operative outlines potential hazards of US accepting Qatari jet

ABC News contributor Darrell Blocker, a former CIA operative, talked to ABC News' Linsey Davis about the security and ethics concerns surrounding the use of Qatar’s “gift” to replace Air Force One.
May 21
VIDEO: Former CIA operative outlines potential hazards of US accepting Qatari jet
May 21

Trump confronts South Africa's president

Tendayi Achiume, a professor and former United Nations special rapporteur, discusses President Donald Trump's false claims of white genocide.
May 21
VIDEO: Trump confronts South Africa's president
May 21

Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan

A judge ruled that the Trump administration's deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan was "unquestionably violative of this Court's order."
May 21
VIDEO: Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan
May 21

At least 4 people involved in killing of Mexico City mayor's senior aides, police say

At least three vehicles and four people were involved in the killing of the personal secretary and a close adviser of Mexico City’s mayor
May 21
A framed image of Ximena Guzmán, the personal secretary to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada who was murdered a day earlier, adorns an altar during a wake at a funeral home in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
May 21

Israel's Netanyahu says 'it appears' Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed

Sinwar is the current head of the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He took over from his brother in October 2024.
May 21
VIDEO: Israel's Netanyahu says 'it appears' Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed
May 21

Israel's Netanyahu says 'it appears' Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed

Sinwar is the current head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
May 21
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.
May 21

Guyana's army chief says Venezuelans participating in Essequibo vote risk arrest

Guyana is warning that anyone living in the South American country who participates in upcoming elections organized by neighboring Venezuela over a disputed region will be charged with crimes including treason
May 21
FILE - A youth drives a motorcycle in front of a mural of a map of Venezuela with the Essequibo territory, a swath of land administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in the 23 de Enero neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
May 21

Tanzania blocks access to X after it says hackers targeted government accounts

Authorities in Tanzania have blocked access to the social platform X after cyberattacks on some accounts of government institutions resulted in fake or pornographic posts
May 21
FILE - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan appears in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on April 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
May 21

South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

South Africa's finance minister says the country doesn’t have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid
May 21
FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)
May 21

A look at South Sudan, where the US is accused of quietly sending migrants

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation
May 21
FILE - In this Sunday, July 10, 2011 file photo, Southern Sudanese wave the national flag in the capital Juba. (AP Photo/Pete Muller, File)
May 21

Child among 2 migrants who died attempting to cross English Channel to Britain in small boat

A woman and a child have died on an attempted illicit overnight sea crossing from France to Britain
May 21
FILE - A boat thought to carry migrants is escorted by a vessel from the French Gendarmerie Nationale in the English Channel off Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga, File)
May 21

Pope Leo greeted by thousands ahead of weekly audience

Pope Leo XIV was greeted by crowds as he stood atop his popemobile while it drove through St. Peter's Square, stopping to bless babies.
May 21
VIDEO: Pope Leo greeted by thousands ahead of weekly audience
May 21

Inside the Roman gym where the future pope kept a high heart rate and a low profile

The Omega gym in Rome is frequented by residents of the up-market Prati district, plus priests, nuns and monsignors from nearby Vatican City
May 21
FILE - Pope John Paul II, left, joins other skiers in making the sign of the cross during his skiing vacation near this Northern Italian town, July 17, 1984. (AP Photo, File)
May 21

A renowned mountain guide puts clients on Everest summit less than a week after they left London

An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on record of the world’s highest peak
May 21
Four British climbers pose on the summit of Mount Everest less than a week after leaving London, in one of the fastest ascents on record of the world's highest peak, in Nepal, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Sandro Gromen via AP)
May 21

Trump's 'Golden Dome' risks weaponization of space, China says

The president said the anti-missile shield would be operational by 2029.
May 21
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
May 21

UK court orders singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case

A British judge has ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on $6.7 million bail while facing allegations that he beat and seriously injured a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023
May 21
A vehicle believed to be carrying R&B singer Chris Brown leaves HMP Forest Bank in Salford, England, after he was freed on bail, Wednesday May 21, 2025. (James Speakman/PA via AP)
May 21

UK's Starmer suggests that a policy which denied retirees fuel subsidies will be changed

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that an unpopular measure which deprived millions of retirees of an annual winter fuel subsidy will be changed
May 21
Britain's British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a reception following the UK-EU summit, in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)
May 21

In Syria, a Shiite shrine and community navigate a changed landscape

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar Assad
May 21
A man sits next to a copy of the Quran at the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine, where many Shiite Muslims believe Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, is entombed, in Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)