The New Zealand government said it would set up a new NZ$190 million ($112 million) social investment fund in its 2025 budget to make targeted investments designed to help improve the lives of its vulnerable people.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the United States on a working visit next week and will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on May 21, Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement late.

A New Zealand government committee recommended three Indigenous lawmakers be temporarily suspended from parliament following the performance of a haka during the reading of a contentious bill last year.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte named Eduardo Arana, the Andean nation’s latest justice minister, to become prime minister.

Colombia’s Senate rejected a 12-question referendum on a labor reform backed by President Gustavo Petro, the latest defeat on the issue for the leftist leader, who says the reform will improve conditions for workers.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

A U.S.-backed humanitarian organization said that it would launch operations in Gaza by the end of May and has asked Israel to allow aid to start flowing into the enclave now under existing procedures until it is set up.

Belgian judicial authorities said they are investigating former and current NATO staff and have arrested one suspect over possible irregularities in awarding contracts for NATO military equipment.

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria’s president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also there, and goaded him by saying the Russian leader was scared to meet him face-to-face.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Tuesday that the United States can use the Alien Enemies Act to fast-track the deportation of accused Venezuelan gang members.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday.