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  • Protestors demonstrate during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to London, Friday, March 24, 2023.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

    UK demonstrators protest Israeli leader's visit to London

  • Israeli police use water cannon to disperse Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

    Israeli AG warns Netanyahu defied conflict of interest rule

  • This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

    US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker

  • Firefighters battle a fire in Cheung Sha Wan, a residential and industrial area, in Hong Kong, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

    Hong Kong fire forces 3,400 people to evacuate

  • The headquarters of the German banks, Deutsche Bank, left, and Commerzbank are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

    Deutsche Bank shares drop amid global jitters over banks

  • FILE - Britain's Prince Charles welcomes French president Emmanuel Macron, left, to Clarence House in London, Thursday June 18, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Friday, March 24, 2023, said a state visit by Britain’s King Charles III has been postponed amid mass strikes and protests in France. The king had been scheduled to arrive in France on Sunday on his first state visit as monarch, before heading to Germany on Wednesday. (Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP, File)

    King Charles III's European state visit hits French hurdle

  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    Drone strike kills U.S. contractor in Syria; U.S. retaliates

  • A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 24, 2023. North Korea said Friday its latest cruise missile launches this week were part of nuclear attack simulations that also involved a test of a purported underwater attack drone as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to make his rivals "plunge into despair." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

    North Korea simulates nuclear attacks with drone, missiles

  • TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the platform's consumer privacy and data security practices and impact on children, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Skeptical U.S. lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over safety, content

  • A court officer stands guard as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at his office, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in New York. A New York grand jury investigating Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star appears poised to complete its work soon as law enforcement officials make preparations for possible unrest in the event of an indictment. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

    Trump grand jury turns to other matters, done for the week

  • This photo provided by Gianluca Masi shows asteroid 2023 DZ2, indicated by arrow at center, on March 22, 2023. On Saturday, March 25, 2023, the asteroid, big enough to wipe out a city, will harmlessly zip between Earth and the moon. While asteroid flybys are common, NASA said it’s rare for one so big to come so close _ about once a decade. Scientists estimate its size somewhere between 140 feet and 310 feet. (42 meters and 94 meters). (Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project via AP)

    Large asteroid coming close, but zero chance of hitting us

  • Protester march during a rally in Paris, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

    Violent French pension protests erupt as 1 million demonstrate

  • Police officers and people gather at a hospital where earthquake victims are brought, in Saidu Sharif, a town Pakistan's Swat valley, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even in remote villages. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

    Death toll from Pakistan, Afghanistan quake rises to 21

  • Finland's President Sauli Niinisto after signing Finland's national Nato legislation in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday March 23, 2023. The Finnish president has sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president's move Thursday means Finland is now awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two of NATO’s 30 existing members that haven’t ratified its bid. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

    President seals Finland's NATO bid by signing required laws

  • Ukrainian soldiers ride atop an APC on the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

    Ukraine president visits front-line areas as new phase nears

  • East Palestine High School senior Owen Elliott poses for a portrait, Monday, March 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. Athletes are navigating spring sports following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

    After derailment, toxic burn, student-athletes in East Palestine seek normalcy

  • Swiss National Bank's (SNB) Chairman of the Governing Board Thomas Jordan, background, arrives with Member of the Governing Board Andrea Maechler, to attend a Swiss National Bank press conference, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

    Credit Suisse deal averted crisis, Swiss central bank says

  • A student, right, hugs a parent as they are reunited following a shooting at East High School, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

    After Denver school shooting, an outcry erupts over security

  • Demonstrators are reflected in the glasses of a participant in Halle/Saale, Germany, Thursday, March 23, 2023. German unions are calling on thousands of workers across the country's transport system to stage a one-day strike on Monday that is expected to bring widespread disruption to planes, trains and local transit. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/dpa via AP)

    German unions call for wide-ranging transport strike Monday

  • A Palestinian woman takes photos of her daughter next to a crescent moon-shaped decoration in a market, at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

    Ramadan begins in Mideast amid high costs, hopes for peace