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Beijing staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles during two days of drills in the Taiwan Strait.

More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a remote, mountainous part of the South Pacific island nation.

The spring climbing season ends as May closes out. Other climbers are still believed to be missing.

López Obrador increased spending for senior citizens, students, farmers and others, but less noticed was that it shifted who got the money — and the poorest now get a smaller portion.

From September to May, 34 candidates or aspiring candidates have been assassinated, with most killings linked to drug cartels seeking to influence local elections.

Kremlin spy chief Alexander Bortnikov on Friday repeated Russia’s assertion, for which it has not provided evidence, that Ukraine was behind the attack. Kyiv has dismissed the allegation.

The crash Sunday killed President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and six other people.

Lucy Letby had asked for permission to challenge the verdict after she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year.

Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, was beatified in 2020 after one miracle was attributed to him.

Beijing, which claims the self-ruling democracy as its own, also flew fighter jets carrying live missiles on the second day of military drills launched to punish President Lai Ching-te.

Two of five Americans detained in Turks and Caicos, Ryan Watson and Sharitta Grier, explained how they came to be arrested and called their actions "an honest mistake."