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Pope Francis presides over Palm Sunday mass after hospital discharge
Read MoreThe 86-year-old pontiff received antibiotics administered intravenously during his three-day hospital stay.The 86-year-old pontiff received antibiotics administered intravenously during his three-day hospital stay.
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Trump legal team mulling request to move criminal trial to more conservative Staten Island
Read More Mr Trump won Staten Island with 57 per cent of the vote in the 2020 election Mr Trump won Staten Island with 57 per cent of the vote in the 2020 election
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Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles
Read MoreAdvocates for the disabled say access for voters with disabilities remains a challenge at polling places throughout the United StatesAdvocates for the disabled say access for voters with disabilities remains a challenge at polling places throughout the United States
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Burkina Faso expels two journalists working for French newspapers
Read MoreThe expulsions are the latest crackdown against French media by the military ruling the West African country.The expulsions are the latest crackdown against French media by the military ruling the West African country.
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How to run against Trump? GOP considers lessons from 2016
Read MoreIt’s been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Donald TrumpIt’s been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Donald Trump
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Donald Trump isn’t first ex-president to face legal trouble
Read MoreDonald Trump isn’t the first president, in or out of office, to be in legal troubleDonald Trump isn’t the first president, in or out of office, to be in legal trouble
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The deadly legacy of landmines
Read More More than two decades since the adoption of the landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the creation of the UN Mine Action Service, millions of landmines have been destroyed, but land in nearly 70 countries globally is still contaminated and innocent people continue to be killed or maimed. Read the full story, “The deadly…
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Ukraine news – live: Six killed in heavy shelling near Bakhmut as strikes destroy nursery
Read More Putin’s forces target town of Kostiantynivka Putin’s forces target town of Kostiantynivka
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Israeli airstrikes wound five Syrian soldiers, state media say
Read More Attack near western city of Homs early on Sunday was Israel’s third in recent days Five Syrian soldiers were wounded in the latest Israeli airstrike on Syria, the state news agency Sana reported on Sunday, while Iran said two Revolutionary Guard officers had died in earlier attacks. Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes…
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US Navy commissions its new Littoral Combat Ship
Read More The U.S. Navy commissioned the newest Littoral Combat Ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), on 1 April. LCS 32 is the 32nd ship of the type and 16th of the Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS). “Littoral Combat Ships are versatile platforms. A successor in heritage to the escort fleets of the Second World…
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Montenegro votes for president in tight run-off
Read MoreObservers say that President Milo Djukanovic faces stiff challenge from newcomer and economist Jakov Milatovic.Observers say that President Milo Djukanovic faces stiff challenge from newcomer and economist Jakov Milatovic.
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New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance
Read MoreDonald Trump is due to return to the city that put him on the map, but which long ago rejected himDonald Trump is due to return to the city that put him on the map, but which long ago rejected him
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New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance
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Now is the time for the world to support the people of Türkiye
Read MoreThe human and material losses from the earthquakes are staggering; Türkiye needs international help to rebuild.The human and material losses from the earthquakes are staggering; Türkiye needs international help to rebuild.
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Last students graduate: School closures spread in ageing Japan
Read MoreAs Japan’s birth rate plunges faster than expected, school closures have picked up pace especially in rural areas.As Japan’s birth rate plunges faster than expected, school closures have picked up pace especially in rural areas.
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After a deadly fire in a border lockup in Mexico, migrants bring anger, tears and a birthday ballad
Read More In Mexico, migrants mourn those killed in detention center fire, angry over treatment as they wait in immigration and asylum limbo at the U.S. border. In Mexico, migrants mourn those killed in detention center fire, angry over treatment as they wait in immigration and asylum limbo at the U.S. border.
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US Air Force’s new electronic-attack jet prepares for first flight
Read More U.S. Air Force’s next electronic warfare aircraft, the EC-37B Compass Call, prepares for its first flight. According to a press release from L3Harris, the specialized EC-37B aircraft, a special-mission Gulfstream G550, is preparing for delivery, including the initial coat of paint. The Compass Call Cross Deck team – L3Harris Technologies, BAE Systems and…
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Pandemic pounds push 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers into obesity
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Finland’s Sanna Marin faces tough challenge in re-election bid
Read MoreThree parties are in a neck-and-neck race to win a majority of Finland’s 200-seat parliament and form a new government.Three parties are in a neck-and-neck race to win a majority of Finland’s 200-seat parliament and form a new government.
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Typhoid outbreak on refugee ship in Netherlands traced to raw sewage
Read More Report finds that 72 cases of the disease on the vessel, which was housing asylum seekers, were caused by a wastewater leak A major outbreak of typhoid among asylum seekers living on a ship in the Netherlands has been traced to raw sewage which was allowed to mix with tanks of freshwater for…
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Editors sign letter condemning ‘unjust’ arrest of US journalist in Russia
Read More Signed by 38 senior news figures from around the world, the letter criticises the Kremlin’s ‘anti-press’ detention of Evan Gershkovich More than three dozen editors of news organisations from across the world have signed a letter condemning the detention of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. An experienced reporter of Russian affairs,…
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Bruno Bettelheim was once revered in child psychiatry. After his death, a darker story emerged.
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Deadly tornadoes leave trail of devastation across US states
Read MoreStorms that dropped dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in towns and cities across the US South and Midwest.Storms that dropped dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in towns and cities across the US South and Midwest.
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War crimes warrant for Putin could complicate Ukraine peace
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‘Stand-up’ for Ukraine: Coping through comedy in the face of war
Read MoreIn Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war.In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war.
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Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay
Read More Pope Francis opened the celebration Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, presiding at his first ceremony after his hospital stay for bronchitis. (Image credit: Andrew Medichini/AP) Pope Francis opened the celebration Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, presiding at his first ceremony after his hospital stay for bronchitis.
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Suella Braverman denies Brexit to blame for Dover queues of 14 hours
Read More Home secretary points to ‘particular combination of factors’, but Labour says ministers need to ‘start doing their actual job’ Suella Braverman has denied Brexit is responsible for delays at the port of Dover after some passengers said they had been queueing up to 14 hours to have their passports checked. Extra sailings were…
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‘It’s like we don’t exist’: Japan faces pressure to allow same-sex marriage
Read More Diplomats add their voices to Japanese campaigners in demanding LGBTQ+ rights as Hiroshima prepares to host the G7 summit Akane Kousaka and her partner live in fear of the day when one of them falls ill or is injured in an accident. The LGBTQ+ couple have a “partnership certificate” issued by their ward…
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Should we be worried by Putin’s plan to station nukes in Belarus? Probably not
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Ukraine news – live: Zelensky condemns Russia’s UN Security Council presidency as ‘absurd’
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Newspaper reveals how CIA spied on Assange
Read More A private contractor installed microphones inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where the WikiLeaks co-founder resided, El Pais claims The CIA used private Spanish security company UC Global to secretly install microphones inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to monitor WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, El Pais reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s internal…
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Damascus and Cairo close to restoring ties – WSJ
Read More Syrian President Bashar Assad could soon meet with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, sources say Syria and Egypt are in advanced talks to restore diplomatic relations that were severed after the outbreak of the conflict in Syria back in 2011, informed sources have told the Wall Street Journal. A summit is scheduled…
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Thousands of homeless people arrested under archaic Vagrancy Act
Read More Campaigners’ anger as 1,173 held despite ministers’ pledge to scrap legislation More than 1,000 homeless people have been arrested for sleeping rough or begging since the government pledged to scrap the nearly 200-year-old Vagrancy Act, new figures show. Freedom of information responses from 29 police forces across England and Wales show officers have…
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Ophelia resurfaces: pre-Raphaelite muse is recognised as a skilled artist
Read More Elizabeth Siddal, immortalised in the painting by John Everett Millais, is finally being judged for her art at a new Tate exhibition She is immortalised as the drowning Ophelia in John Everett Millais’s celebrated 1850s painting and as the auburn-haired model for several pre-Raphaelite artists in the mid-19th century. After dying prematurely aged…
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‘We knew she was #gwynnocent’: how the Paltrow trial captivated the world
Read More An astonishing degree of media attention was lavished on a seemingly humdrum ski collision. What made it so compelling? America and the wider world are not exactly wanting for dramatic headlines. Barricades were erected in New York after Donald Trump’s indictment on criminal charges, in Ukraine a bloody and brutal war grinds on,…
