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  • New York State Court Police wait for instructions near the courthouse, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York, in an anticipation of former President Donald Trump's possible indictment. 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/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

    Trump waits out grand jury as New York braces for protests

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

    Putin hosts Xi in the Kremlin with imperial palace pageantry

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

    Strong magnitude 6.5 quake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan

  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, greet each other during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

    Japan's PM offers Ukraine support as China's Xi backs Russia

  • This image provided by NBC News, Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher who was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student in Virginia, speaks to Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s Today Show, which aired Tuesday March 21, 2023. (NBC News via AP )

    Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: 'I thought I had died'

  • Protesters march with banners during a rally against the raising of the retirement age in Paris, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Paris police said Tuesday that 234 people were arrested overnight in the capital mostly for setting fire to garbage in the streets, after France's parliament adopted a divisive bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 pushed that was through by President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

    French protests drag on after Macron's pension plan push

  • FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a teacher sits among empty desks as he takes part in a video conference with other teachers to prepare for at-home learning at a high school in the U.S. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

    Lawyer: 29-year-old who posed as teen student in New Jersey was lonely

  • People watch on television Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe speak on the IMF bail out package in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The International Monetary Fund said Monday that its executive board has approved a nearly $3 billion bailout program for Sri Lanka over four years to help salvage the country's bankrupt economy.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

    IMF to assess Sri Lankan governance as part of $3B bailout

  • Huts made of branches and cloth provide shelter to Somalis displaced by drought on the outskirts outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, Sept. 19, 2022. Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so. It’s one of the main priorities for the African Group of Negotiators at the United Nations climate summit, known as COP27, currently underway in Egypt. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

    African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

  • Pictured is the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Los Angeles on August 30. (Xinhua/Getty Images/CNN)

    Los Angeles schools shut down as staff begin 3-day strike

  • In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021. Saudi Arabia has freed the Saudi-American citizen it had imprisoned more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince. (Ibrahim Almadi via AP)

    Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

  • Former President Donald J. Trump watches the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla. Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

    Trump indictment would be unprecedented moment in U.S. history