5⃣ stories you need to know: A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments over access to the abortion pill mifepristone, Ukraine denies a Russian hypersonic missile destroyed a US-made Patriot missile defense system, and more pic.twitter.com/LSe7tUtsY7

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2023

Global debt tops US$300 trillion – that’s 12 times bigger than the US GDPhttps://t.co/hwB1OQTVeh

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) May 17, 2023

Guillermo Lasso: Ecuador President dissolves parliament https://t.co/smmp8YFBpK

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2023

The unofficial winner of Thailand’s election has told CNN he will work to “demilitarize” the country, in his first one-on-one interview since Sunday’s poll. https://t.co/RNdwIy25r4

— CNN International (@cnni) May 17, 2023

President Biden said that he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive as he prepared to leave for a global summit in Japan. https://t.co/3wN9RaRxYd

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2023

Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova has appointed an interim cabinet of technocrats, hoping it will end the country’s political turmoil and bring calm to the ongoing economic crisis. https://t.co/vIemxpa3dY

— DW News (@dwnews) May 17, 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter inspected the country’s first military spy satellite on May 16, 2023. pic.twitter.com/L5UMjMekWC

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) May 17, 2023

Elon Musk: I will say what I want even if it costs me https://t.co/h7nhviHVsG

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2023