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A ferry in eastern Indonesia caught fire early on Saturday with nearly 200 people on board, forcing passengers and crew to jump into the sea but causing no casualties, officials said. (May 29)

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta is staging world dance premieres at Britain's Birmingham Royal Ballet to welcome audiences back after the "nightmare" of the pandemic lockdowns. The ballet's 47-year-old director says that he wants to connect with the audience again, after a lockdown period that "has been a nightmare for everyone".

CNN's Michael Smerconish discusses the political reaction to new questions about Covid-19's origin after a report found that researchers at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019, about a month earlier than China had reported to WHO that the first patient with Covid-like symptoms was recorded.

Cali (Colombia) (AFP) – Three people have died during anti-government protests in the Colombian city of Cali, authorities said, as the country marks a full month of social unrest that has claimed dozens of lives.

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – In Gaza, a week since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was announced, many residents come out to enjoy the beaches. The truce ended 11 days of devastating Israeli bombardment of Gaza, killing 248 Palestianians, and rockets and other fire into Israel from the coastal strip that killed 12.

Emma Stone is the latest actress to portray Disney's most vile villain. Rick Damigella delves into the character's history.

The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first European woman to command the International Space Station. She enters a rare club: fewer than 600 astronauts have travelled in space and only about ten percent of them have been women.

While Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer, it may actually feel like summer across the West while the Northeast will endure instead record cold temperatures and heavy rain.

It's a straightforward question: How will we live together in the future? But there are few straightforward answers to be found amongst the 46 national pavilions that make up the world's largest architecture event. That's partly because the problems presented at the show: climate change, capitalism and inequality, sexism and racism are all complex and interconnected.

Guangzhou (AFP) – Walking tightropes, rappelling down a four-storey-high rope tunnel, sitting in a dangling basket 58 floors high — tourists have been steeling their nerves for adrenaline-filled challenges in a new assault course at the top of China's tallest TV tower.

Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor for The Hollywood Reporter, says for fans of the show, seeing the emotional cast members and the old, familiar set on "Friends: The Reunion" was "what you've been waiting 17 years for." (May 28)

Ahead of America's Memorial Day weekend, President Joe Biden hailed increased vaccination rates at home. But the U.S. continues to be accused of not doing enough to fight the pandemic around the world and is under pressure to come up with a global COVID-19 strategy when Biden meets with heads of other advanced economies at next month's G-7 summit.