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May 2026

Diver details "heartwarming" moments after miners emerged from Laos cave

Their escape from the cave came one day after a fifth miner was pulled from the cave in a risky maneuver

We agreed that 'OK, now we're going to go and find the missing two,
It's the reason that we keep on doing this for sure,
Matt GutmancBS News chief correspondent
We were just getting ready to come in and they're already coming out,

Zelenskyy alleges Russia is abducting Ukrainian kids, training them to fight

Gazprom and Rosneft are the first known Russian Federation-affiliated corporate entities related to child deportation that are currently making money from U.S. consumer spending at the time of this publication,
I hope that Congress will find the possibility again to put sanctions on Russians, because of the children,
It's important to get back our warriors, war prisoners, but we can't exchange them [for] the children,
Lifting sanctions is a help for the soldiers of Russia,

Checking out The Human Library

For some people, I am 'the refugee.' And I think I accepted that. Most of the people, especially in Copenhagen, were open about me, but I also heard a lot about, Eh, you don't look like the typical refugee."
The most popular books are typically books on mental health. Schizophrenia, bipolar, autism, anxiety, depression — all of these topics are almost global bestsellers."
All of our life quality could go up if we were more understanding and accepting... We don't have to be best friends, all of us here, but we need to try and understand each other,
Every book has their boundaries,
We train every person to be an open book because the methodology is a little unique. This is not about me telling a long story to you; it's about your curiosity guiding the conversation. What do you want to know the most about my topic?"
A lot of people assume that people with schizophrenia are either dangerous or helpless; that is definitely not the case,
You think that person is so different than you, but within half an hour you think, Oh my God, I have a lot in common with that person,
They were well-loved. Santa Claus would come by chopper, and he would bring us presents. And it was basically the American soldiers who'd chipped in and bought a lot of presents for the kids. That was really sweet."
It's a library where we give out human beings on loan, and they'll be an open book for you and answer any question you have about the topic that they're offering,
What happens when I'm not afraid of you, and you have nothing to fear from me, our quality of life goes up,

Brazil identifies 2 possible Ebola patients amid Congo outbreak

Despite the lack of an approved treatment or vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus, which is behind the current Ebola outbreak, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said these five cases exemplify that recovery from the illness is still possible

We truly have hope. The virus here is not as complicated as those we have dealt with in the past, and with the support of all our partners, we believe we will be able to bring this outbreak under control as quickly as possible,
Pierre Akilimaliresearcher
The final message we would like to share with the Ituri community is that there is hope,
Of course, we're still working on vaccines and treatments but that doesn't mean that people cannot recover from Ebola,
If you come to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover, so the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the necessary support,
Pierre Akilimaliresearcher
With the symptomatic treatment that we are currently providing, we are seeing patients recover,
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusgeneral
Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday,

WHO chief visits Congo as Ebola cases spread faster than response

Alan González Canceldr.
Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration,
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesuswHO chief
This is a difficult situation, and we recognize that. But the Democratic Republic of Congo has faced the Ebola virus many times before. We are confident that it can once again bring this outbreak under control,
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesuswHO chief
The best way to address this is to provide all the necessary support to fight the disease at its epicenter and to continue offering every assistance needed,
Closing borders, as some countries have done, only discourages transparency. The Democratic Republic of Congo is reporting the situation openly and transparently,

Colombians, weary of violence, begin voting in high-stakes election

Millions in Colombia will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their vote in a high-stakes presidential election that is expected to result in a runoff between two strikingly different candidates

Bernie Morenosenator
This is the election where the Colombian people are going to decide which way they're going to go,
Bernie Morenosenator
If Colombia, heaven forbid, goes the wrong way, what you're going to see is all the bad actors that are currently in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, flow through to Colombia,

Hegseth tones down warnings about China in visit to region

I worry that this administration is being distracted into wars that they've started in other parts of the world at the expense of our commitment here in the Indo-Pacific,
Pete Hegsethdefense Secretary
There is rightful alarm regarding China's historic military buildup and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond,
Richard Marlesaustralian Defense Minister
When the rules apply, smaller states have agency,... When the rules yield to power, sovereignty becomes, as others have put it, the purview of the powerful, and no state in this room today, whatever its size, is well served by that outcome."
Pete Hegsethdefense Secretary
We are not going to sugarcoat it — the threat China poses is real,
I am concerned that it seems like our president is entering into, you know, policies where he's doing what Beijing wants him to do,
When our interests diverge, we adjust pragmatically, without the drama or the moralizing,
Together we produce a range of cutting-edge sensors or weapons systems for undersea drones,
Our partners in Asia have long understood that the bedrock of a durable partnership is not based on idealistic values but on the concrete alignment of national interests,
Pete Hegsethdefense Secretary
I think our message today was very much in sync with precisely where the president wants to go, which is we're going to be strong, but we can speak softly while carrying that big stick and be very clear about the fact that there are places where we can work together with China,
Any decision about future Taiwan arms sales, as the president said, will rest with him,

Zelenskyy says Ukraine bracing for "big attacks" by Russia in next 24 hours

Matthew Whitakeramerican lawyer and politician
We stand with our NATO Ally Romania and condemn this reckless incursion on its territory. Our thoughts are with the injured in Galati. We will defend every inch of NATO territory."
Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident
We used all our weapons, what we have, what we produce, and of course we used anti-ballistic missiles,
He's testing what air defense they have,
Russia uses this just to attack politically, by weapon, pressure on NATO countries to look at the reaction,

Former chef pleads guilty to supplying lethal substances for suicides

No outcome in any court can remove the pain victims and their families have suffered,
Sarah Pattenconstable
Investigators are asking members of the community to be alert of any packaging or label identifying sodium nitrite,
Adele Zeynep Waltonsister
If our own country will not put anyone on trial for these deaths, the very least it can do is hold a proper inquiry into how they were allowed to happen,
To be at the courthouse on Friday and to sit there... it's a beginning to another chapter of this process of healing,

Laos miners remain trapped in cave with oxygen running low

Rescuers may have to teach at least five miners trapped in a Laos cave to scuba dive as they run out of ways to extract them