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Crime against Asian-Americans has residents in Oakland's Chinatown on high alert. These Seniors decided to do something about it.

About 1,000 people attended a vigil on Thursday night outside of San Jose, California city hall, in memory of the nine people who were shot and killed in a California rail yard on Wednesday morning. (May 28)

The Egyptian government is planning to begin construction work to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after an 11-day Israeli bombardment. From roads and buildings to water and electric grids, much of the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip has been severely damaged after the hundreds of airstrikes.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is facing criticism in her Georgia constituency over her comments comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust. CNN's Martin Savidge speaks to voters in Rome, Georgia.

"Fast and Furious 9" star John Cena called Taiwan a country during a promotional interview with a Taiwanese broadcaster, generating backlash among his fans on Chinese social media platforms like Weibo.

Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East while the Southwest will see hot temperatures. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the holiday forecast.

Myanmar's economy and banking system have been paralysed since a military power-grab in February and livelihoods have been lost after strikes and factory closures. In a country which in normal times exports rice, beans and fruit, the World Food Programme has warned millions will go hungry in the coming months.

China has made remarkable achievements in protecting its ecological environment and improving its peoples' living standards, foreign diplomats commended during a friendship tree-planting activity held in Beijing on Thursday.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has been re-elected for a fourth seven-year term, officials have said, having won a landslide in an election described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition. Assad's win was not in doubt, in an election where officials said 18 million were eligible to vote.

Namibia, a sparsely populated African country, has recently reported a rebound on the number of COVID-19 infection cases, putting its medical system struggling under heavier burden. The country with around two million people has registered 53,903 confirmed cases by Thursday, according to the data from the country's Ministry of Health and Social Services.

French President Emmanuel Macron publicly acknowledged France's role in failing to prevent the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but stopped short of an apology.

Sri Lankan Navy soldiers collect debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for over a week off the Sri Lankan coast.