105-year-old investigated for crimes at Nazi PoW camp in Germany

Hurricane Polo's intensity oscillated between Category 4 and Category 5 on Thursday as it started moving away from Mexico's southwestern coast. The storm was expected to remain offshore before traveling farther out to sea. Polo's outer rainbands were spreading across southwestern Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. "Some near-term strengthening is possible, and Polo is expected to remain a powerful major hurricane for the next few days," the Miami-based center said.

Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as his country faces broad condemnation and growing isolation over Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank . Netanyahu arrived in New York early Thursday morning and is due to leave just a few hours after his speech, which he is scheduled to deliver at 2 p.m. Eastern. Leaders from Europe and the Middle East, including France, the U.K., Jordan, Syria, Qatar and Turkey, devoted at least some of their time at the U.N. podium Wednesday to harshly denounce Israel.

President Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for meetings and a state dinner on Thursday, as the world's two most powerful countries try to extend a tariff truce and grapple with a rivalry on advanced AI.

A dolphin rescued from the troubled theme park Marineland Canada has died weeks after it was taken to an aquarium in Spain. Several other animals from Marineland, including three beluga whales, have died at their new homes in recent weeks. Oceanogràfic València, Europe's largest aquarium, said Thursday that the dolphin, known as Echo, arrived from Marineland with "serious vision problems" and other health issues, including blindness, that "required individualized attention."