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Pope Slams ‘Insinuations’ Against John Paul II as Baseless 

Pope Slams ‘Insinuations’ Against John Paul II as Baseless 

Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and baseless” insinuations that recently surfaced about...

Latest in Ukraine: Respected Russian Military Leader Returns to Ukraine

Latest in Ukraine: Respected Russian Military Leader Returns to Ukraine

New developments: Eleven people were killed and 21 were injured in Russian airstrikes in the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk. Rescue...

Ukraine Waits for US Missile System in Wake of Latest Russian Strike

Ukraine Waits for US Missile System in Wake of Latest Russian Strike

In the wake of Friday’s deadly Russian missile strikes, Ukraine’s air force said the country would soon have weapons with...

Guitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish Band The Script Dies At 46

Guitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish Band The Script Dies At 46

Ireland’s president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Script, after his death at 46....

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth...

Italy’s Meloni Acknowledges ‘Anomalies’ in Russian Escape

Italy’s Meloni Acknowledges ‘Anomalies’ in Russian Escape

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni acknowledged “anomalies” in the handling of a Russian businessman who escaped from house arrest in Italy...

In Eastern Ukraine: Holding the Line, Waiting to Attack

In Eastern Ukraine: Holding the Line, Waiting to Attack

In a muddy trench under fire from Russian forces 200 meters away, Ukrainian servicemen injured while holding the line near...

China Protests US Sanctioning of Firms Dealing with Russia

China Protests US Sanctioning of Firms Dealing with Russia

Beijing Saturday protested U.S. sanctions against additional Chinese companies over their alleged attempts to evade U.S. export controls on Russia,...

Despite Protests, Macron Signs Pension Changes Into Law

Despite Protests, Macron Signs Pension Changes Into Law

French President Emmanuel Macron signed his unpopular pension reform into law on Saturday, prompting accusations from unions and the left...

NATO Member Finland Breaks Ground on Russia Border Fence

NATO Member Finland Breaks Ground on Russia Border Fence

The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border with Russia – primarily meant to curb illegal migration – has...

Germany Ends Nuclear Era as Last Reactors Power Down

Germany Ends Nuclear Era as Last Reactors Power Down

Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself...

Latest in Ukraine: Wagner Group Chief Says It’s Time for ‘Firm End’ to War

Latest in Ukraine: Wagner Group Chief Says It’s Time for ‘Firm End’ to War

Ukrainian soldiers evacuate parts of Bakhmut as fighting there intensifies. Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill to make it...

‘The Most Irish of All American Presidents’ Ends Ireland Visit

‘The Most Irish of All American Presidents’ Ends Ireland Visit

“Remember, Joey, the best drop of blood in you is Irish,” President Joe Biden said, quoting his grandfather. Such fierce...

German Town Bids Farewell to Nuclear, Eyes Hydrogen Future

German Town Bids Farewell to Nuclear, Eyes Hydrogen Future

For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and...

Putin Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Conscription Notices

Putin Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Conscription Notices

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Friday allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the...

French Court Convicts 11 Turkish Kurds of PKK Terror Financing

French Court Convicts 11 Turkish Kurds of PKK Terror Financing

A French court on Friday convicted 11 alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on charges of terror financing....

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia Against Ukraine

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia Against Ukraine

China has responded to Western criticism by saying that it will remain neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war and not sell...

Tearful Biden Meets Priest in Ireland Who Gave Son Last Rites

Tearful Biden Meets Priest in Ireland Who Gave Son Last Rites

U.S. President Joe Biden broke down in tears on Friday after a chance meeting at an Irish church with the...

Russia: Respect for Women’s Rights, Inclusive Government Are Keys to Taliban Recognition  

Russia: Respect for Women’s Rights, Inclusive Government Are Keys to Taliban Recognition  

Russia said Friday that Afghanistan’s Taliban had made progress against terrorism and drug trafficking but needed to resolve women’s rights...

Turkish City Pleads for Help as 400,000 Earthquake Survivors Seek Shelter

Turkish City Pleads for Help as 400,000 Earthquake Survivors Seek Shelter

Following the February 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of survivors sought shelter in the nearby...

Russia Advances New Conscription Legislation

Russia Advances New Conscription Legislation

A new draft bill passed by Russian lawmakers on April 11 will make it nearly impossible for men to avoid...

Greece Welcomes Renewed Talks with Turkey

Greece Welcomes Renewed Talks with Turkey

NATO allies Greece and Turkey came to the brink of war just a few years ago over competing energy rights...