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Heavy fighting continues in Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor in Feb. 2022.

Israel continues its offensive in Gaza, vowing to destroy Hamas after the group’s devastating Oct. 7 cross-border attack that killed 1,200 people in southern Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the bombardment and offensive since.

A criminal trial is under way in New York City of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is charged in connection with hush money payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels over an alleged extramarital affair.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pays a state visit to France to mark the 60^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Xi will meet French President Emmanuel Macron for talks expected to focus on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Israel-Hamas war, trade and climate change.

The flame for the Paris Summer Games arrives in Marseille by boat from Greece and begins its journey across France in a torch relay.

Russians mark Victory Day, commemorating victory over Nazi Germany in World War II and honouring the 26 million people across the Soviet Union who lost their lives in the conflict. Military hardware and personnel are paraded in Moscow’s Red Square.

South Africa’s highly anticipated national election is expected to be held on May 29. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress, the party once led by Nelson Mandela, is expected to face a stern test to retain its majority in the nation’s seventh fully democratic national election since the end of the apartheid system of forced racial segregation in 1994.

Voters in Mexico head to the polls in a general election to choose their next president and deputies for the lower and upper chambers of parliament.

Results expected following a 6-week-long general election in India with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

Heads of state, war veterans and officials gather in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings during World War II.

Elections are held across all 27 nations of the European Union to elect members of the European parliament for a five-year term.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations gather in Puglia for their 50th summit.

Germany hosts the 17th European national soccer tournament, known as the Euros, with 24 teams competing to lift the trophy.

Switzerland hosts a high-level international conference to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. The lakeside Bürgenstock resort is expected to host the gathering that will draw top government officials from dozens of countries.

The Trooping the Colour military ceremony is held in central London to celebrate King Charles III’s official birthday. The colourful event sees hundreds of soldiers, musicians and horses parade from Buckingham Palace through the streets of the capital in a showcase of British pageantry which dates back hundreds of years.

Leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member nations meet in Washington D.C. for a summit marking the 75th anniversary of the military alliance.

Delegates of the United States Republican Party gather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to select their nominees for president and vice-president in Nov. elections.

Paris hosts the 23rd edition of the Summer Games, with thousands of international athletes gathering for two weeks of elite sporting action, watched by a worldwide TV audience of billions.