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Pope extends synod process for a year amid apathy, criticism
ROME — Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the…
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France ramps up war support for Ukraine, rebuilds armories
PARIS — France on Sunday pledged air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities against drone strikes, as well as an…
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Iran’s celebrities face reprisals for supporting protests
BAGHDAD — Singers, actors, sports stars — the list goes on. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support…
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Teens tackle 21st-century challenges at robotics contest
GENEVA — For their first trip to a celebrated robotics contest for high school students from scores of countries, a…
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Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in separatist Donetsk
KYIV, Ukraine — The mayor’s office in a key eastern Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists was struck by rockets…
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Iran officials say Tehran prison blaze has been extinguished
CAIRO — A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran’s capital injured at…
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Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort
NANJUA, Mozambique — Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency…
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China opens congress expected to give Xi 5 more years
BEIJING — China opened a twice-a-decade Communist Party conference Sunday at the end of which leader Xi Jinping is expected…
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US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti’s police
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti on Saturday to…
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China party meets to grant Xi Jinping 5 more years in office
BEIJING — China on Sunday opened a twice-a-decade Communist Party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive…
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