NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks closed out another strong week. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Friday, its fifth gain in a row and bringing its gain for the week to 5.3%. It was the third week of solid gains in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.
BANGKOK (AP) - A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song "Wasted Love. JJ beat 25 other competitors during Saturday's grand final in the Swiss city of Basel.
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter, according to government data released Friday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war hurt exports and dented consumer confidence.
LONDON (AP) - Crystal Palace pulled off one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets in history to beat Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday and lift the famous trophy for the first time. Eberechi Eze's strike secured Palace's first major trophy and ensured the once dominant City ends a campaign empty-handed for the first time in eight years.
China has blasted a new U.S. rule against use of Ascend computer chips made by Huawei Technologies anywhere in the world, chafing Thursday against the limitations of a temporary truce in the trade war between the two biggest economies.
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan’s air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday.