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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis on Sunday described the war in Ukraine as a “macabre regression of humanity” that makes him “suffer and cry”, calling for humanitarian corridors …

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON – Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said on Sunday he is considering a run for the 2024 Republican U.S. presidential nomination, making clear that he is “not …

By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA – Ricardo Alarcon, one of the most powerful men in Cuba under former President Fidel Castro and a key player in relations with …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday paid tribute to journalists who have died or been jailed in the line of duty, defending a free press and …

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The month of May brings Donald Trump the biggest test of his political clout since the end of his presidency, as candidates …

By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – Thousands of supporters of Sri Lankan opposition parties rallied on Sunday in the commercial capital Colombo as a weeks-long political and economic …

By Daphne Psaledakis, Moira Warburton and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden praised journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he resumed a Washington tradition of speaking at …

BERLIN – Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday rejected criticism that Germany was not showing leadership in western efforts to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons to repel Russia’s invasion, saying that …

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – A drought-driven wildfire in northern New Mexico exploded into a “megafire” of 100,000 acres, or 157 square miles, on Saturday and could still more …

By Hamuda Hassan, Jorge Silva and Natalia Zinets DOBROPILLIA, Ukraine/KYIV – Russia carried out missile strikes across southern and eastern Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, and some women and …

BEIJING – China’s financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases in quarantine centres, with six of its 16 districts attaining zero-COVID …

By Rich McKay ATLANTA – Carrying signs decrying “racist traitors,” about a hundred civil rights activists marched and chanted at Georgia’s Stone Mountain on Saturday to protest at the return …

LONDON – The British Foreign Office said on Sunday Russia is using a troll factory to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine on social media and target politicians across …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Washington should make it clear to the “messianic” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that any effort to undermine his country’s elections would trigger multilateral sanctions, a newly …

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES – Some 6 million residents of Southern California are being ordered to water their lawns and gardens no more than once a week, the Metropolitan …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Three Florida correctional officers were ordered to be held without bond on Friday after they were charged with murder in the beating death of a inmate …

By Brenda Goh and Min Zhang SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a milestone in its battle to contain …

By Caroline Pailliez PARIS – Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential runoff …

By Leonardo Benassatto KYIV – Never mind forging swords into ploughshares; a Ukrainian businessman is turning scraps of wreckage from a downed Russian fighter plane into souvenir key fobs and …

SAO PAULO – Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that demonstrations scheduled for Sunday are not meant as protest, but to show “the desire that everyone abides by the …

MARIUPOL, Ukraine – Residents of Mariupol recounted the horrors of the battle for their now devastated city this week as they sifted through the rubble for belongings, cooked meals by …

(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the lifting of sanctions imposed on Russia is part of peace talks with Ukraine, but senior Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak denied that …

KYIV – Ukrainian police said on Saturday they had found the bodies of three civilian men in the Bucha district north of Kyiv, bound and in some cases gagged, with …

BATAJNICA, Serbia – Serbia on Saturday showed off its new Chinese-made surface-to-air missiles and other military hardware purchased from both Russia and the West, as the country seeks to perform …