dpa NEWS SCHEDULE for THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1200 GMT

SLOVAKIA-POLITICS-CRIME

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered several gunshot wounds and faces a difficult recovery after the assassination attempt against him, the hospital treating him says. Moving

____

GERMANY-CRIME-POLITICS-AFD

German prosecutors launch an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering. Moving

____

EU-TECHNOLOGY-META

The European Commission opens investigations into Meta over child protection concerns regarding its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Moving

____

CHINA-DIPLOMACY-RUSSIA

The leaders of Russia and China address the conflict in Ukraine during a closely watched meeting in Beijing. Moving

____

ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-GERMANY

Security forces search four properties in the western German city of Duisburg in a raid on a local group accused of supporting the Palestinian militant organization Hamas. Moving

ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

The US military completes the construction of a temporary harbour for the delivery of relief supplies to the Gaza Strip. Moving

-Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in the West Bank, moved under ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-WEST BANK

____

UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA

Ukrainian forces attack a military airfield on the Russian-occupied Black Sea peninsula of Crimea for the second night in a row. Moving

____

FRANCE-UNREST-NEW CALEDONIA

The capital of the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is rocked by riots for a third night in a row after France's National Assembly approved contentious voting reforms to the territory that angered independence supporters. Moving

____

GERMANY-ACCIDENT-DUSSELDORF

Three people die and two others are critically injured in a fire in the western German city of Dusseldorf overnight. Moving