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Pope Leo XIV affirms need for media when asked about Trump ban at White House
Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalists covering public figures. Leo spoke to reporters as he travelled to France at ...
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Poland halted asylum claims at the Belarus border and now wants Europe to follow its example
When Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, authorities presented it as a temporary emergency measure to counter what they saw as a push by Russia and its ally Belarus to destabilize the country by directing tens of thous...
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Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says
As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza , it has said there’s no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced Palestinians. But the agency’s last chief says that behind the scenes, board members and others have been...
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Yemen’s civil war returns and overwhelms hospitals with 'a very dangerous situation'
Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore. Tarek's father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha ...
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Asian shares are mixed after global bond sell-off and drop in oil prices
Asian shares were mixed Friday following another bond sell-off that brought U.S. Treasury yields to their highest in years. U.S. futures edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% to 66,364.20. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 1.1% to 24,495.35. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4% t...
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Pope arrives in secular France with an appeal to respect the dignity of every human life
Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to France on Friday, hoping to draw attention to his appeals for peace at a time of war, and for greater reflection as artificial intelligence questions the very essence of what it means to be human. Leo is spending four intense days in Paris, ...
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Xi is wrapping his visit to Washington with a peek at the Constitution and Bill of Rights
President Donald Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pom...