MOSCOW: Russia arrested two Ukrainians who allegedly planned to blow up some 30 power lines of nuclear power plants in Leningrad and Kalinin in early May.
TOKYO: Three people were killed, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing attack in Japan's central Nagano region.
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces arrested the terrorist who carried out a shooting attack on a bus carrying IDF soldiers in the Jordan Valley last September. Six Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attack.
ISRAEL: Shalom Rotban (27), a resident from Kiryat Malachi, who suffered from severe post-traumatic stress after a rocket hit near his home and went missing over two years ago, was found in a Jordanian hospital by a nurse who contacted Israeli authorities who arranged for his return before Yom Tov.
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UKRAINE: Mincha in the Ohel of the Baal Shem Tov in Mezbiz where thousands are gathered for his Yuhrtzeit which falls on Shvouos.
LONDON: A Man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after he rammed his car into Downing Street gates, the famous entrance of the British PM's official residence. No one was hurt.
WASHINGTON: A federal judge sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison following his conviction on seditious conspiracy theories for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. It's the longest prison term yet assigned to a figure involved in the riot.
TEXAS: Two people were killed and at least seven others hurt when a house under construction collapsed during a storm in Conroe.
NEW YORK: The State Health Department lifted its controversial Covid-19 vaccination requirement for workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities.
WASHINGTON: The US Navy is investigating alleged drug use and trafficking by several sailors stationed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan carrier at the Yokosuka base in Japan.
BEIJING: NBC: China is bracing for a new wave of Covid infections caused by the XBB variant, which has the potential to reach up to 65 million cases per week by the time the surge peaks at the end of June.
WASHINGTON: President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and limit federal spending, ending a months-long stalemate.
TEXAS: The GOP controlled House voted to impeach fellow Republican AG Ken Paxton, temporarily removing him from office on charges of corruption, including abusing his office’s powers, retaliating against whistleblowers and obstructing justice.
FLORIDA: Governor DeSantis raised $8.2 million for his campaign in the first 24 hours, that's more than President Biden's previous $6.3M 24-hour record set in 2019, showing his strength against Donald Trump.
ISRAEL: A 9-year-old Israeli girl was wounded Friday evening after being struck by a stray bullet fired from Ramallah as she was walking in the street near her home in Kochav Yaakov.
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it’s gotten permission from the FDA to begin testing its device in people, which aims to help patients with severe paralysis regain their ability to communicate by controlling external technologies using only neural signals.
FLORIDA: Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a spaceflight bill that protects companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin from legal liability if crewmembers or passengers are injured or killed during missions.
WASHINGTON: A newly released cache of FBI files revealed a potential plot to assassinate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California.
CALIFORNIA: NYP: Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino pushed her former employer NBCUniversal to buy the social media platform years ago.
WASHINGTON: WaPo: Trump's staff moved boxes of documents the day before a June 2022 visit by DOJ officials to Mar-a-Lago, and that his staff practiced what to do in case the property was searched.