Pope Francis wishes pilgrims a “Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week” in person during a surprise visit to Saint Peter’s Square at the conclusion of the Mass presided over by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on his behalf.
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Category: 4. World
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U.S. Nuclear Talks With Iran Move Forward
The first meeting between the United States and Iran over its expanding nuclear program on Saturday displayed a seriousness of purpose and an effort to avoid what neither side wants, another war in the Middle East. They will talk again next…
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Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse refused entry to Hong Kong
A Liberal Democrat MP has spoken of her “shock” after being barred from entering Hong Kong this week.
Wera Hobhouse said she flew to the Chinese region with her husband on Thursday to visit their newborn grandson but she was detained at the…
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Netanyahu’s son blasts Macron’s Palestinian state push
Yair Netanyahu responded to Macron’s call for a Palestinian state without Hamas and a two-state solution by reposting Macron’s message and opening with the curse. He went on to accuse France of “neo-imperialism” and called for…Continue Reading
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Reynolds refuses to say if British Steel furnaces in Scunthorpe can keep running
The business secretary has refused to confirm if the government can get the sufficient raw material supplies in time to keep the blast furnaces at British Steel running, after it took control of the Chinese-owned plant.
Emergency legislation was…
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Ukraine live: Zelensky says ‘dozens dead and wounded’ after Russian ballistic missile strike in Sumy
Scenes of devastation in Sumypublished at 10:29 British Summer Time
James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in KyivThis appears to be a direct hit on a bustling city on a Sunday morning. An explosion was captured on one driver’s dashcam…
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Mountains of trash and ‘cat-size’ rats as garbage workers strike in U.K.’s second largest city
After the Labour Party came into power last year following 14 years of Conservative rule, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during his first speech on Downing Street, vowed to fix a country that had been drained of “hope, the spirit and the belief…
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Bernie Sanders rally draws record crowd in LA – DW – 04/13/2025
Tens of thousands of people packed the Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles on Saturday at a rally held in protest at the direction the US is taking under President Donald Trump.
The rally formed part of the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour…
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